Educational Psychology / Unit 4 EDP 0324 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Continuous and Partial Reinforcement
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The idea
A continuous schedule reinforces a behavior every time it occurs; a partial schedule reinforces it only some of the time, by count of responses or by elapsed time.
In practice
Continuous reinforcement brings fast learning but rapid extinction once reinforcement stops.
Where people slip
Partial schedules are ratio, counting responses, or interval, timing them, and each is fixed or variable.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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