1. Do-Now Patterson is planning to implement a system of reinforcements to improve school culture. In your opinion, what rewards should be offered and how often should they be offered?

2. Today’s agenda + objective Students will be able to apply types and schedules of reinforcements by: 1. Do-now + quotes 2. Reminders 3. Background vocabulary + notes 4. Practice problems 5. Designing a proposal for Patterson 6. Share out

3. Quotes: Which do you agree with most? 1. “Reinforcements are necessary to motivate students to do well in school.” 2. “Reinforcements should not be used to motivate students; students should want to do well even if they don’t get rewards.” 3. “The right reinforcements used at the right time should be used to motivate students to do well in school.”

4. Today’s agenda + objective Students will be able to apply types and schedules of reinforcements by: 1. Do-now + quotes 2. Reminders 3. Background vocabulary + notes 4. Practice problems 5. Designing a proposal for Patterson 6. Share out

5. Background vocabulary FIXED: set, concrete, not changing Tell me an example of a fixed: -job schedule -parenting policy -sports game

6. VARIABLE: changing, unpredictable Tell me an example of a variable: -job schedule -paycheck -parenting policy -sports game

7. RATIO: number of times/number of occurrences Ex: -1 in 10 sodas wins -completing 15 push ups

8. INTERVAL: amount of time passing Ex: -music intervals -doing pushups for 30 seconds

9. 2.4 Types and Schedules of Reinforcements Reinforcements can be given in many different ways and on different schedules. Types: 1. Primary reinforcements are innately (naturally satisfying), like food and sex 2. Secondary reinforcements are learned to be satisfying, like grades and money

10. Schedules of Reinforcements 1. Continuous reinforcements: the desired behavior is reinforced every single time it occurs  BUT in real-world settings, behaviors are probably not going to be reinforced each and every time they occur

11. 2. Partial reinforcements: happen on a schedule, but not every time Fixed ratio:rewards offered after a set number of responses Ex: Being paid per item you sew, factory quotas

12. Variable ratio: rewards offered after an unpredictable number of responses Ex: slot machines, teacher that gives extra credit for homework randomly

13. Fixed interval: rewards offered after a fixed time period. Ex: semester grades, monthly paychecks

14. Variable interval: rewards offered after varying time periods. Ex: pop quizzes, arrival of the mail, fishing

15. Today’s agenda + objective 1. Do-now + quotes 2. Reminders 3. Background vocabulary + notes 4. Practice problems 5. Designing a proposal for Patterson 6. Share out