Question

Luana is learning to stay in her seat and work on her language arts tasks without talking to friends around her. She has been working on this new behavior for a week. During the first week, Ms. Kalani reinforces Luana every time Luana completes one of the tasks without talking. Now Ms. Kalani wants to use the reinforcement schedule that is most likely to result in the greatest persistence from Luana. What reinforcement schedule will be most effective in meeting her goal?

a. Fixed-ratio scheduleb. Continuous schedulec. Variable-ratio scheduled. Fixed-interval schedule

Answer 1

Variable-ratio schedule

Step-by-step explanation:

Variable-ratio schedule: The term is widely used in operant conditioning.

It is defined as a reinforcement schedule in which a specific response is being reinforced after an unforeseeable number of responses. It produces slow, and very high responding rates for desired behavior where the produced behavior is very resilience to extinct.

Example:

1. Lottery games.

2. Gambling.

Therefore, Luana is using a variable-ratio reinforcement schedule in meeting her effective goal.