Educational Psychology / Unit 13 EDP 1234 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Schedules of Reinforcement
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The idea
Partial schedules are ratio, depending on the number of responses, or interval, depending on time, and each is fixed or variable; ratio schedules produce faster responding, and variable schedules stronger responding.
In practice
Unscheduled quizzes reward studying after unpredictable stretches of time: a variable-interval schedule.
Where people slip
Continuous reinforcement brings fast learning but rapid extinction.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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