Operant Conditioning (Skinner)
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In the context of 'Operant Conditioning' proposed by American psychologist B.F. Skinner, under 'Schedules of Reinforcement', when reinforcement is provided for a response after a fixed and unchanging time period (e.g., after every 5 minutes), what is this specific schedule called and what pattern of response rate is observed due to it?
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In B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning, a Fixed-Interval Schedule (FI) is one in which the first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed.
Key Behavioral Characteristics:
- Scallop Effect: A unique psychological phenomenon where response rates accelerate as the time for the next reinforcement draws closer.
- Post-Reinforcement Pause: Response rates drop significantly right after the reinforcement is delivered, creating a scalloped graph pattern.
Therefore, option B accurately describes both the schedule and its characteristic response pattern.
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