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Psychology 360: Learning and Behavior Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement Schedules Name _____________________________ 1 Learning objective(s) : Implement lessons on schedules of reinforcement to analyze a mobile video game that maximizes profit. Background Info: In class you ’ve begun to cover operant conditioni ng: the use of reinforcement to elicit desired behavioral responses. Today, were going to talk about how schedules of reinforcement are used to maximize profit in the world of mobile phone games. These lessons should help you to design your behavioral modification project. Question : You play a mobile app game where you are trying to collect as much “gold” as possible, which allows you to move through the game more quickly. You get a small amount of gold for each consecutive day you log in to the game. What kind of reinforcement schedule is this? ________________________ Activity #1 : The purpose of this activity is for you to, in a sense, put the schedules of reinforcement into your own words. 1) Reinforcement on schedules of Ratios and Intervals are contingent upon the number of responses or the amount of time between responses. Ratios are contingent upon _________________. Intervals are contingent upon ______________________________. 2) Please define each of the following schedules, and give a real-life example of that type of operant conditioning. Variable Ratio Fixed Ratio Variable Interval Fixed Interval

Psychology 360: Learning and Behavior Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement Schedules Name _____________________________ 2 Activity #2: Concept Search In pairs, go through the readings that accompany this assignment. The first two readings are specific to Freemium games; the last reading is more general but discusses business use of operant conditioning. Using your knowledge of operant conditioning, identify as many instances of operant principles in the first two readings as possible. The readings may not distinctly name the process, but you can relate terms from class to what the readings describe. You are being asked to analyze the content in these articles and use higher-level reasoning explain the logic and implementation of the Freemium model. To help you get the idea of the level of thinking, here are some bigger picture question: 1) In what way do the Freemium games reflect the best practices of business practices discussed in the third reading? 2) For maximum profit, why must the levels in a Freemium game start out easy? Why must they get progressively harder? What principles do these practices reflect? Now, let’s define some additional concepts and then search for them in the readings. Focus on the first two readings specific to Freemium. First, define what happens with each of these processes: - Negative reinforcement: ___________________________________________ - Variable ratio reinforcement ________________________________________ - Response deprivation: ____________________________________________ See if you can find examples of these concepts in the readings. Note your examples here:

Psychology 360: Learning and Behavior Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement Schedules Name _____________________________ 3 Classical conditioning is used in these games, too. What is an example in the readings of how classical conditioning is used to encourage people to play a game? Now, to see how much you’ve learned, here are some examples of game rules. What principle of operant training do these examples demonstrate, and what might you do to make it even more effective using operant principles? 1) Users get a prize for logging onto the game in every day. Principle: Improvement: 2) Users win “gold” every time they complete a level. Principle: Improvement: 3) Users have to wait 14 hours for a mine to be built before they can start using it to gain gold and build weapons. Principle: Improvement:

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Psychology 360: Learning and Behavior Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement Schedules Name _____________________________ 4 Finally, do you play any of these games? Briefly discuss your own response to the operant conditioning aspects of the game while playing. Does knowing how the games work alter your enjoyment of them?

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