In
behaviorism, rate of response is a ratio between two measurements with different units. Rate of responding is the number of responses per minute, or some other time unit. It is usually written as ''R''. Its first major exponent was
B.F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.
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(1939). It is used in the
Matching Law
In operant conditioning, the matching law is a quantitative relationship that holds between the relative rates of response and the relative rates of reinforcement in concurrent schedules of reinforcement. For example, if two response alternatives ...
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''R'' = # of Responses/Unit of time = ''B''/''t''
See also
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Rate of reinforcement In behaviorism, rate of reinforcement is number of reinforcements per time, usually per minute. Symbol of this rate is usually ''Rf''. Its first major exponent was B.F. Skinner (1939). It is used in the Matching Law.
''Rf'' = ''# of reinforcemen ...
References
* Herrnstein, R.J. (1961). Relative and absolute strength of responses as a function of frequency of reinforcement. ''Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour'', 4, 267–272.
* Herrnstein, R.J. (1970). On the law of effect. ''Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior'', 13, 243–266.
* Skinner, B.F. (1938). ''The behavior of organisms: An experimental analysis''. , .
Behaviorism
Quantitative analysis of behavior
Response
Response may refer to:
*Call and response (music), musical structure
*Reaction (disambiguation)
*Request–response
**Output (computing), Output or response, the result of telecommunications input
*Response (liturgy), a line answering a versicle
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