Question

The “Classical and Operant Conditioning” video from the University Library describes several types of behavioral reinforcement. Each type of reinforcement has a different level of effectiveness. Describe how effective each type of reinforcement would be in this scenario: When the children receive your signal, they will need to be prepared to stop what they’re doing, then listen for directions before moving to the next task.

a. Continuous:

b. Fixed ratio:

c. Variable ratio:

d. Fixed interval:

e. Variable interval:

Answer 1

Reinforcement helps increase certain behaviour with the use of stimulus which is called reinforcer.There is no limitation as what reinforcer can be.When the children recieve your signal,they will need to be prepared to stop what they are doing,then listen for directions before moving to the next task.

A.In the continous reinforcement,the reinforcement is given continuously,the desired behaviour is reinforced everytime it occurs and the chidren will adapt to the command and will do voluntarily as they will be asked to do so.It will help in developing new behaviour effectively.

B.In the fixed ratio reinforcement , the response is reinforced only after the specified number of response.the children will have steady rate of responding with only a brief pause after the delievery of reinforcer.

C.Fixed Interval-These are those where first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time lapsed.It leads to high responding near the end of the interval but it may slower the responding immediately after the deleivery of the reinforcer.

D.Variable Interval-It occurs when the response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed.This will produce a slow and staedy response in children.

Thus each type of reinforcement has different type of effectiveness.