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PROGRAMME RENFORCEMENT INTERMITTENT [2 records]

Record 1 2002-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A reinforcement schedule in which a particular response is sometimes but not always reinforced.

Key term(s)
  • intermittent reinforcement schedule
  • partial reinforcement schedule

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

[...] programme de renforcement dans lequel chaque émission de la réponse n'est pas toujours renforcée.

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

A reinforcement schedule under which desired behavior is reinforced on a variable of random basis. (See also Fixed Ratio Schedule, Fixed-Interval Schedule, Variable-Ratio Schedule, and Variable-Interval Schedule.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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