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SOME EFFECTS OF REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES IN TEACHING PICTURE NAMES TO RETARDED CHILDREN 1
Author(s) -
Stephens Carl E.,
Pear Joseph J.,
Wray Lyle D.,
Jackson Gaye C.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1975.8-435
Subject(s) - reinforcement , schedule , psychology , task (project management) , statistics , mathematics , social psychology , computer science , management , economics , operating system
The effects of several different schedules of primary reinforcement were compared in a picture‐naming task with retarded children. In Experiment I, number of correct responses and learning rate were higher under fixed‐ratio schedules than under continuous reinforcement. In Experiment II, number of correct responses and learning rate tended to be greater under intermediate than under low or high fixed‐ratio schedules. In Experiment III, number of correct responses was higher under interlocking schedules, in which the response requirement increased with time following the previous reinforcement, than under comparable fixed‐ratio schedules. Learning rates were generally low and, perhaps because of this, not very different under the two types of schedules in this experiment. Accuracy ( i.e. , proportion of trials on which correct responses occurred) was typically high and insensitive to variations in schedule and schedule parameter throughout each experiment.