Schedule of Reinforcement and Extinction Reinforcement is very important for the shaping the behavior and some responses because leads less variable of the unrelated behavior and responses. However, the shaped behavior and responses are affected by the extinction because some of behavior and responses are not working without the reinforcement.
In this experiment, we focused on how the schedule of reinforcement made some effects to the response during reinforcement and extinction phase. The rate of the reinforcement is associated with the behavioral momentum theory which is the resistance to the change. Craig, Cunningham, & Shahan (2015) suggest that higher resistance to the effect of the extinction is associated with higher rate of the reinforcement …show more content…
The chamber is enclosed in the left side in an audio-light-attenuating box. The box has two fans on the left side and the back of the wall. Left and right sides are made of aluminum and the front and back walls of the chamber are made with the clear plastic. The house light is positioned 1 cm from the ceiling of the chamber, and is centrally located. On the upper right sidewall of the chamber which is 2 cm below the ceiling, the response key (5cm wide × 7cm height), which consists of 6 plastic plates, is positioned. The food hopper (6cm wide × 4.8cm height), is located 9 cm below the response key and 5cm above the mesh steel grid floor, and set on the lower right sidewall of the chamber. Hopper light is set on the top of the chamber opening. The mesh steel grid, which is 5cm below the food hopper opening, is made by the aluminum. The screen to present the stimulus is presented from behind the response key, and is located on the right side of the audio-light-attenuating box. The timing and the recording of the data are controlled by the …show more content…
In the extinction phase, we measured that the rates of responses at the first 1 minute and at the last 1 minute of the extinction phase, and were declined in all of schedules; especially the extinction phase of FR-40 (FREXT) presented the noticeable results. However, the amount number of responses during the extinction phase of DRL-7s (DRLEXT) was higher than during the DRL-7s phase, whereas the amount number of responses during FREXT was lower than during FR-40 phase, which means that DRL-7s phase had a strong resistance to the effect of extinction because the pigeon was still pecking during DRLEXT phase, even though did not during FREXT. Also, I suggest that the PREE, which means that the partial reinforcement has stronger resistance to the effect of extinction interval than other reinforcements, like continuous reinforcement, was happening in the experiment because DRL schedule had more resistant to the effect of the extinction, whereas FR schedule did not have resistant to the effect of the extinction. Moreover, this experiment indicates that the difference of reinforcement schedule is associated with the characteristics of the behavioral momentum because these effects were presented in the extinction phase. The FR schedule was not resistance to the effect of the extinction, but the amount numbers of
In this experiment, we focused on how the schedule of reinforcement made some effects to the response during reinforcement and extinction phase. The rate of the reinforcement is associated with the behavioral momentum theory which is the resistance to the change. Craig, Cunningham, & Shahan (2015) suggest that higher resistance to the effect of the extinction is associated with higher rate of the reinforcement …show more content…
The chamber is enclosed in the left side in an audio-light-attenuating box. The box has two fans on the left side and the back of the wall. Left and right sides are made of aluminum and the front and back walls of the chamber are made with the clear plastic. The house light is positioned 1 cm from the ceiling of the chamber, and is centrally located. On the upper right sidewall of the chamber which is 2 cm below the ceiling, the response key (5cm wide × 7cm height), which consists of 6 plastic plates, is positioned. The food hopper (6cm wide × 4.8cm height), is located 9 cm below the response key and 5cm above the mesh steel grid floor, and set on the lower right sidewall of the chamber. Hopper light is set on the top of the chamber opening. The mesh steel grid, which is 5cm below the food hopper opening, is made by the aluminum. The screen to present the stimulus is presented from behind the response key, and is located on the right side of the audio-light-attenuating box. The timing and the recording of the data are controlled by the …show more content…
In the extinction phase, we measured that the rates of responses at the first 1 minute and at the last 1 minute of the extinction phase, and were declined in all of schedules; especially the extinction phase of FR-40 (FREXT) presented the noticeable results. However, the amount number of responses during the extinction phase of DRL-7s (DRLEXT) was higher than during the DRL-7s phase, whereas the amount number of responses during FREXT was lower than during FR-40 phase, which means that DRL-7s phase had a strong resistance to the effect of extinction because the pigeon was still pecking during DRLEXT phase, even though did not during FREXT. Also, I suggest that the PREE, which means that the partial reinforcement has stronger resistance to the effect of extinction interval than other reinforcements, like continuous reinforcement, was happening in the experiment because DRL schedule had more resistant to the effect of the extinction, whereas FR schedule did not have resistant to the effect of the extinction. Moreover, this experiment indicates that the difference of reinforcement schedule is associated with the characteristics of the behavioral momentum because these effects were presented in the extinction phase. The FR schedule was not resistance to the effect of the extinction, but the amount numbers of