Question

Zach is leaving for college very soon and wants to teach his parents how to program their DVR before he goes. What reinforcement schedule would be most effective to teach them this new skill?

Answer 1

Continuous reinforcement

Step-by-step explanation:

Schedules of Reinforcement

1. Continuous
2. Intermittent
3. Extinction

Continuous reinforcement

In this type of reinforcement, every correct behavior is equally rewarded. That is, it gives reinforcement for each occurrence of a specific target behavior. It is important as it is used for building new behaviors or weak behavior that is not resistant to extinction thereby applying a reinforcement upon ending of every display of conditioned behavior.

It promotes the quickest response for learning new behaviors and most times, it leads to behavioral dependency and promotes an example is when a cat receives a food pellet every time it presses a lever.