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RATIO STRAINRatio strain occurs on a subject when long intervals of time are scheduled between reinforcements.
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RATIO STRAINThe appearance of pauses in VR responding, or in FR responding at times other than after a reinforcer (cf. POSTREINFORCEMENT PAUSE); a result of large ratio size and/or low reinforcement frequency.
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RATIO STRAINA reduction in the rate of a target behavior and an increase in emotional behavior resulting from an increase in the ratio of behavior to reinforcement. (See stretching the ratio.)
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RATIO STRAINA disruption of responding that occurs when a ratio schedule is increased rapidly.
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RATIO STRAINA disruption in performance when ratio requirements are very high or are raised abruptly. An individual is said to be suffering from "ratio strain" when previously high rates of responding d [..]
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RATIO STRAINdescribes the fact that a behavior that is seldom reinforced (for instance, once every 1000 responses) may slow or stop altogether.
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