Beth, I thought the “checking for possible new social media messages” behavior was a variable interval schedule because you don’t actually have to do anything in order to get a message - eventually one of your friends will post something.
Although one could argue that you’re more likely to get some kind of response from your friends when you do something - in this case you post something to a social network (a picture to instagram for example). Which would make this a variable ratio schedule…Hmm… Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt > On Jul 6, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Beth Benoit <beth.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I have a video of an interview of Skinner talking about variable ratio > schedules as being well exemplified by slot machines. Wouldn't checking for > messages be the same thing? Sometimes you get one, sometimes you don't. But > not getting one doesn't make you less likely to check. And sometimes getting > one makes you more likely to check. > > Beth Benoit > Plymouth State University > Plymouth, New Hampshire > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Michael Britt <mich...@thepsychfiles.com > <mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Parents know how hard it can be for kids to stay away from their social media > connections - be it facebook, instagram or Snapchat. As soon as my 15-year > old gets out of swim practice it’s the first thing he does. After all, there > might be a message for him. This would be variable interval reinforcement if > I’m correct - he doesn’t have to actually do anything but a new message > (reinforcer) might have arrived. > > It seems pretty darn powerful, which seems weird because I’ve always thought > of variable interval reinforcers as weak. Thoughts? > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > mich...@thepsychfiles.com <mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com> > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com <http://www.thepsychfiles.com/> > Twitter: @mbritt > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com > <mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=45725 > > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=45725> > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-45725-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto:leave-45725-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com > <mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=45726 > > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=45726> > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-45726-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto:leave-45726-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=45734 or send a blank email to leave-45734-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
