Schedules of Reinforcement¶
Ferster, C. B., & Skinner, B. F. (1957). Schedules of Reinforcement.
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- Reinforcement
- Three structural properties distinguish reinforcement from a generic feedback loop. Contingency: the consequence must depend on the action; non-contingent rewards do not reinforce, and the mechanism is sensitive to the difference, which is why a variable-payout machine reinforces play while a freely available reward does not reinforce whatever preceded it. Schedule: the temporal and statistical structure of reinforcement — continuous, fixed-ratio, variable-ratio, fixed-interval, variable-interval — governs the learned behavior's persistence under extinction, with variable schedules producing slower extinction.
This sourceFoundational empirical catalogue of reinforcement schedules and their effects on response rate and extinction resistance.
- Three structural properties distinguish reinforcement from a generic feedback loop. Contingency: the consequence must depend on the action; non-contingent rewards do not reinforce, and the mechanism is sensitive to the difference, which is why a variable-payout machine reinforces play while a freely available reward does not reinforce whatever preceded it. Schedule: the temporal and statistical structure of reinforcement — continuous, fixed-ratio, variable-ratio, fixed-interval, variable-interval — governs the learned behavior's persistence under extinction, with variable schedules producing slower extinction.
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