Psychology / Unit 5 Psych 0573 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Schedule for Steady Output
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The idea
Steady, uninterrupted responding is produced by a variable-interval schedule, where reinforcement arrives after unpredictable amounts of time.
In practice
Quality checks arriving at unpredictable intervals produce consistent attention across a whole shift.
Where people slip
Interval schedules reinforce elapsed time, so they hold rate steady without driving it high.
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