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RATIO STRAIN


Ratio strain occurs on a subject when long intervals of time are scheduled between reinforcements.
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The 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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A 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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A disruption of responding that occurs when a ratio schedule is increased rapidly.
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A 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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describes the fact that a behavior that is seldom reinforced (for instance, once every 1000 responses) may slow or stop altogether.
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