So because I don’t know IF or HOW MANY responses I MIGHT get from any particular instagram post, I’m on a VI schedule - correct?
Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt > On Jul 13, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Paul Brandon <pkbra...@hickorytech.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Good points! > > On Jul 13, 2015, at 9:40 AM, Ken Steele <steel...@appstate.edu > <mailto:steel...@appstate.edu>> wrote: > >> Hi Michael: >> >> First, notice that you have switched to a new response. You are now posting >> text or pictures and you hope that your posts will produce more emails or >> likes or whatever. >> >> The previous analysis still applies. Assume that you post 4 pictures to >> Instagram and you get one response. The question is what happens when you >> post 8 pictures in about the same amount of time. If 8 pictures produce two >> responses then you are talking about a VR type of schedule. If posting 8 >> pictures and then 16 pictures still produce only one response then you are >> dealing with a VI schedule. >> >> One point worth mentioning is that a common reason why students have >> problems doing such analyses is that they switch responses in the middle of >> an analysis. I have students do a lot of mother-daughter and father-son >> interactions from the perspective of both actors to help them learn to >> resist changing the response in the middle of an analysis. >> Ken >> >> >> On 7/13/2015 8:41 AM, Michael Britt wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Good explanation Ken. So checking email (or Instagram, etc.) appears to be >>> a VI kind of thing - an uncertain amount of time passes and new email (a >>> reinforcer) arrives. But, just for the fun of it, let me add in a wrinkle: >>> take Instagram: I don’t necessarily have to do anything - except for >>> initially following people when I sign up - but if I post a picture on >>> Instagram (or write a post on TIPS I suppose) then the chances of me >>> getting a response are increased. So that involves a behavior (posting a >>> text or an image). Still VI? >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. >>> mich...@thepsychfiles.com <mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com> >>> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com <http://www.thepsychfiles.com/> >>> Twitter: @mbritt >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 7, 2015, at 8:09 AM, Kenneth Steele <steel...@appstate.edu >>>> <mailto:steel...@appstate.edu>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> There is an easy trick to distinguish between VI and VR schedules. First, >>>> imagine a FR 25 schedule. If you double your response rate then you will >>>> double your reinforcement rate. The same rule applies to a VR 25 >>>> schedule. On the other hand, imagine a FI 60 sec schedule. What happens >>>> if you double your response rate? The reinforcement rate will remain >>>> about constant because the 60-sec rule must be satisfied for either case. >>>> >>>> The easy way to distinguish between a VI and a VR reinforcement schedule >>>> is to imagine the effect of doubling your response rate. If the >>>> reinforcement rate doubles then you are dealing with a VR schedule. If >>>> the reinforcement rate remains about constant then you are dealing with a >>>> VI schedule. >>>> >>>> Applying that rule to slot machines and email gives you the following. >>>> Doubling the rate at which you enter coins into a slot machine will double >>>> the rate at which you receive the consequence, hence a VR schedule. >>>> Doubling the rate at which you check your email will not double the number >>>> of emails that you receive, hence a VI schedule. >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Beth Benoit <beth.ben...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto: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 > > Paul Brandon > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > Minnesota State University, Mankato > pkbra...@hickorytech.net <mailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net> > > > > > --- > > 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=45896 > > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=45896> > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-45896-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto:leave-45896-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. 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