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What can reinforcement schedules help us to understand about ourselves?

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Your tutorial is 302 words plus a references and tells a story of two activities, one that requires lower reinforcement scheduling and another that need very consistent reinforcement.

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Reinforcement schedules are the interval between reinforcements. Some behaviors require very little reinforcement but others need heavy reinforcement to keep in place. The interval at which reinforcement is needed to sustain behavior can help us understand ourselves and manage how well we meet our goals.

For example, it requires very little reinforcement for me to organize my errands so that I only go out once a week to the grocery store, the drug ...

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