You Want to Teach Your Dog to Fetch the Remote

question 74

Essay

You want to teach your dog to fetch the remote control for your TV. Why should you first use continuous reinforcement and then switch to partial reinforcement? ​

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Definitions:

Producer Surplus

Producer surplus is the difference between what producers are willing to accept for a good or service versus what they actually receive, reflecting extra benefit.

Complements In Consumption

Goods that are often used together, where the increase in demand for one leads to an increase in demand for the other.

Supply Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that producers are willing to sell at that price.

Producer Surplus

The variance between what producers are prepared to take for a product or service and what they end up getting.