If every response is reinforced, which term best describes the reinforcement schedule?

If every response is reinforced, which term best describes the reinforcement schedule?

• A. Intermittent Reinforcement Schedule
• B. Positive Punishment
• C. Continuous Reinforcement
• D. Negative Punishment

Answer: (C)

Reinforcement schedules describe how often a behavior is reinforced. When every correct response is reinforced, this is continuous reinforcement. It produces rapid learning because the connection between the behavior and reinforcement is immediate and always the same. It differs from intermittent reinforcement, where reinforcement occurs only sometimes, which tends to make the behavior more resistant to extinction. The other options describe punishment, not reinforcement schedules—positive punishment adds a consequence to decrease behavior, and negative punishment removes a desired stimulus to decrease behavior—so they don’t fit the scenario.

Reinforcement schedules describe how often a behavior is reinforced. When every correct response is reinforced, this is continuous reinforcement. It produces rapid learning because the connection between the behavior and reinforcement is immediate and always the same. It differs from intermittent reinforcement, where reinforcement occurs only sometimes, which tends to make the behavior more resistant to extinction. The other options describe punishment, not reinforcement schedules—positive punishment adds a consequence to decrease behavior, and negative punishment removes a desired stimulus to decrease behavior—so they don’t fit the scenario.