Reinforcement Schedules

A topic within Behavioural Psychology, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Psychology.

Reading on Reinforcement Schedules

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Paper1948

'Superstition' in the Pigeon

B. F. Skinner

Pigeons fed at fixed time intervals regardless of what they were doing developed idiosyncratic ritual behaviours, showing that reinforcement delivered on a schedule unrelated to a specific action can still shape behaviour by accidental pairing.

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Paper1961

Relative and Absolute Strength of Response as a Function of Frequency of Reinforcement

Richard J. Herrnstein

Pigeons choosing between two response keys distributed their pecks in direct proportion to the rate of reinforcement each key paid, the original demonstration of the matching law governing choice under concurrent schedules.

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Reading on Reinforcement Schedules

'Superstition' in the Pigeon

Relative and Absolute Strength of Response as a Function of Frequency of Reinforcement

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