Exam 3: Simple Schedule Flashcards
Individuals needs to perform behavior certain number of times for reinforcement.
Ratio schedule
Individual needs too wait a particular period of time before reinforcement is available.
Interval schedule
Always the same number of times.
Fixed
If the reinforcement is not the same amount of times.
Variable
After basketball practice, Monique enjoys trying to make half-court shots. She makes every 50th shot on average.
Variable Ratio
At Matilde’s school, students receive tokens for particularly good work. Once they receive ten tokens, they can trade them in for prizes.
Fixed Ratio
On a particular dating web site, new profiles are posted every hour on the hour. In order to see the newest potential partners, subscribers to the service must log in after new profiles have been posted.
Fixed Interval
In an online psychology class, students need to pass 4 quizzes in order to move on to the next unit.
Fixed Ratio
Gene loves to get his snail mail, and the mail delivery in his area happens at precisely the same time every day. He needs to go out to the mailbox to actually get the mail.
Fixed Interval
One member of the paparazzi diligently waits outside a particular singer’s home to hopefully catch a glimpse of her, and snap a picture. On some days, the singer comes out of the house numerous times (to get the mail, water the flowers, etc). On other days, she only comes out once, or not at all. What type of schedule is the member of the paparazzi on?
Variable Interval
A storm-chaser loves to look at data about tornadoes. She has a remote data recorder that takes all the pertinent information when a tornado passes by, but she needs to go out to the recorder in order to retrieve the data. Tornadoes happen on average 1 time per week in her area in the summer, but they’re unpredictable.
Variable Interval
Marion really gets a kick out of getting a strike in bowling. She only gets a strike 1 out of every 5 throws on average.
Variable Ratio
