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Randomness of rewards has been repeatedly shown to increase duration spent with skinner boxes. There seems to be a magic middle spot where the small rewards are
by inlined 7y ago
Randomness of rewards has been repeatedly shown to increase duration spent with skinner boxes. There seems to be a magic middle spot where the small rewards are frequent enough to avoid disillusionment and the big rewards are infrequent & random enough to feed addiction
- madog 7y agoIt's called a variable ratio reward schedule [1]. It's at play in slot machines for example. Very effective at getting rapid and persistent responses. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Gambling_%E2%80%93_variable_ratio_scheduling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Gambling_%E2%80%...
- taneq 7y agoHuh, I've always heard "intermittent reinforcement" used to mean this, rather than just any not-every-time reinforcement. Thanks!