Unit 6: Schedules of Reinforcement
FR (fixed ratio schedule)
After Gretchen buys six coffees at her local coffee shop. she gets the next one free.
VR (variable ratio schedule)
Aki buys a ticket for the state lottery thinking the next time she might win.
VR (variable ratio schedule)
A dog begs for food as the family sits down to the dinner table, sometimes he gets a scrap of something.
FI (fixed interval schedule)
EVERY FRIDAY Martha goes to the movies with her friends.
FI (fixed interval schedule)
Each day after completing 1 hour of the treadmill, Susan allows herself a break to relax and sit down.
VI (variable interval schedule)
Fuzzy the dog always wants to go for a walk, his owner will sometimes tale him 2 times a day, other times he will have to wait days before he gets a walk.
FI (fixed interval schedule)
Gavin plays soccer for the school team, he loves playing but it is exhausting, every 20 minutes he gets a break.
FI (fixed interval schedule)
If he has worked HARD ALL YEAR, each December Darren gets his annual bonus at work.
FI (fixed interval schedule)
If henry is home on Sundays, his grandmother will bake him his favorite strawberry pie.
VI (variable interval schedule)
Peter e-mails his girlfriend multiple times per night OCCASIONALLY she will e-mail him back.
VR (variable ratio schedule)
Reed answers many questions in class, occasionally his teach will congratulate him on participating.
VI (variable interval schedule)
SOMETIMES when JAne comes home from school her parents will tell her that they are going out to dinner.
VI (variable interval schedule)
Sarah would like to go camping, but has to wait for a nice day to go.
