title: Computer program to generate operant schedules
abstract: A computer program for programming schedules of reinforcement is described. Students can use the program to experience schedules of reinforcement that are typically used with nonhuman subjects. Accumulative recording of a student's response can be shown on the screen and/or printed with the computer's printer. The program can also be used to program operant schedules for animal subjects. The program was tested with human subjects experiencing fixed ratio, variable ratio, fixed interval, and variable interval schedules. Performance for human subjects on a given schedule was similar to performance for nonhuman subjects on the same schedule
keyphrases: computer program nonhuman subjects human subjects animal subjects variable interval schedules operant schedule generation reinforcement schedule programming cumulative student response recording fixed ratio schedules variable ratio schedules fixed interval schedules