Fixed-Interval+(FI)+Schedule

toc = = = Definition: = A schedule in which a reinforcer is given following the first correct response after a specific period of time has elapsed. Gen Psych Chapter 5, pp. 148

= Examples: = When a teacher gives weekly exams, they are using a fixed-interval schedule. When a child is rewarded for every one hour they go without getting in trouble, they are on a fixed-interval schedule.

= Analogies: = It's eleven o'clock at night and you finally go to bed. You sleep. BEEP BEEP BEEP. It's your alarm clock waking you up for work at five thirty in the morning. You think to yourself, "five more minutes" and hit the snooze alarm. BEEP BEEP BEEP. It's your alarm clock trying to wake you up again at five thirty-nine, you hit the snooze alarm. BEEP BEEP BEEP. It's five forty-eight, you hit the snooze alarm. BEEP BEEP BEEP. It's five fifty-seven, and it's time to get up! An alarm clock is similar to a fixed-interval because as time progresses and continues forward, the alarm goes off sooner and sooner, until you finally get out of bed!

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