CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Among the different types of reinforcement schedules, the variable-ratio schedule (VR) is the most resistant to extinction whereas the continuous schedule is the least7.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among the reinforcement schedules, variable ratio is the most productive and the most resistant to extinction.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most notable schedules of reinforcement presented by Skinner were interval (fixed or variable) and ratio (fixed or variable). Continuous reinforcement-constant delivery of reinforcement for an action; every time a specific action was performed the subject instantly and always received a reinforcement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Variable ratio schedules maintain high and steady rates of the desired behavior, and the behavior is very resistant to extinction. Interval schedules involve reinforcing a behavior after an interval of time has passed.

Detailed explanation-5: -During an extinction period, a behavior is never reinforced. If the response has been continually reinforced in the past, the animal will quickly notice this; it will discriminate the extinction period. It will stop responding soon.