tandem reinforcement

a schedule of reinforcement for a single response in which two or more schedule requirements must be completed in sequence before reinforcement occurs and no stimulus change accompanies completion of each requirement. For example, in a tandem, fixed-interval 1-minute, fixed-ratio 10 schedule, the first response after 1 minute would initiate the fixed-ratio schedule, and the 10th response would result in reinforcement. Also called tandem schedule of reinforcement. Compare chained schedule.

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May 8th 2024

ontogeny

n. the biological origin and development of an individual organism from fertilization of the egg cell until death. Also called ontogenesis. Compare phylogeny. See also recapitulation theory. —ontogenetic adj.