Schedule of Reinforcement

Assalamualaikum. Hye guys. In our psychology of learning classes, we also have learned about the "Reinforcement Schedules" Actually, the reinforcement schedules can be define as the schedule of reinforcement for a particular behavior and it will specifies whether every response is followed by reinforcement or only some response are followed by the reinforcement.

There are 4 basic types of reinforcement which are : 

FIXED RATIO

• reinforcer is presented after a certain constant number of response have occurred
• Example: A piano teacher gives a 6 years old student a cute sticker for each song that he manage to play very well 

VARIABLE RATIO

• reinforcement occurs after an average number of response.
• number of responses required for reinforcement is unpredictable
• Example: A boy demands a candy bar each time she is in the gocery store. Sometimes, the parents will buy it for him and sometimes they are not buy it.

FIXED INTERVAL

• a reinforcer is delivered for the first response after a preset time interval has elapsed
• Example: Your paycheck will be arrives on the 1st and the 15th of every month

FIXED RATIO

• A reinforcer is delivered for the first response after an average time interval has elapsed 
• the interval is unpredictable
• Example: A teenager receive an allowance every saturday.