1. In behavioral psychology and operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer is provided after a fixed or variable number of responses are made by the subject
The experimenter used a fixed ratio schedule where the rat received food after every 10 lever presses.
O pesquisador usou um esquema de razão fixa em que o rato recebia comida após cada 10 pressionamentos de alavanca.
2. A type of intermittent reinforcement where the number of responses required for reinforcement is the determining factor
A variable ratio schedule can create persistent behavior patterns in subjects.
Um esquema de razão variável pode criar padrões de comportamento persistentes em sujeitos.