Unit 5 Flashcards
Artificial contingency is
Explicitly arranged
Natural contingency is
Unplanned/not explicitly arranged
Continuous schedule of reinforcement
Is when every response is reinforced
Extinction schedule
Behavior is never reinforced
Extinction schedule is a schedule of:
Non reinforcement
Intermittent schedule of reinforcement
Some responses are reinforced and some aren’t
Fixed schedule
When the schedule criteria remains the same
Variable schedule
The schedule criteria changes around on average value
Ratio schedule
Reinforcement for a certain number of responses
Fixed ratio FR
Reinforcement after a set number of responses
Variable ratio (VR)
Reinforcement after varying number of responses
Interval schedule
Reinforcement following the first response after a period of time
FI
Reinforcement after the first response after a set period of time
VI
Reinforcement following the first response after varying period of time
Limited hold
Timespan after interval when response occurs to obtain reinforcement
Limited hold applies to
FI and VI
Time based schedule
Stimulus delivered/removed independent of responding
FT
Stimulus delivered/removed after set period of time independent of responding
VT variable time
Stimulus delivered/removed after varying period of time independent of responding