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schedule of reinforcement  

Definition

  • “A reinforcement schedule is any procedure that delivers a reinforcer to an organism according to some well-defined rule.“ (Staddon & Cerutti, 2003, p. 116).

Entry terms

  • reinforcement schedule

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Doré, F.-Y., & Mercier, P. (1992). Les fondements de l’apprentissage et de la cognition. Presses Universitaires de Lille.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Ferster, C. B., & Skinner, B. F. (1957). Schedules of reinforcement. Appleton-Century-Crofts.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Schoenfeld, W. N., & Cole, B. K. (1975). What is a “schedule of reinforcement”? The Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 10(1), 52‑61. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03000622

    [Study type: conceptual analysis / Access: closed]

  • • Staddon, J. E. R., & Cerutti, D. T. (2003). Operant conditioning. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 115‑144. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.54.101601.145124

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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