# Reinforcement Schedule **Domain:** Psychology / Learning Theory **Doc Type:** Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Behaviorism]], [[B. F. Skinner]], [[Programmed Instruction]], [[Teaching Machines]], [[Algorithmic Pedagogy]], [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] ## Definition A **reinforcement schedule** specifies when and under what conditions a response is followed by a consequence intended to change the probability of future behavior. ## Kybernetiks Context The concept distinguishes the behaviorist branch of programmed instruction from the algorithmic and control-theoretic branch associated with Landa and Frank. Both use feedback, but they model the learner and corrective mechanism differently. ## Backlinks - [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] - [[articles/Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks|Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]