False Hope of Hot and Cold: Intermittent Reinforcement, Trauma Bonding, Approach-Avoidance

Intermittent reinforcement is the core mechanism behind trauma bonding. It covers disparate phenomena such as giving false hopes and approach-avoidance repetition compulsion. There are 4 types of intermittent reinforcement: Fixed interval schedule(FI) Variable Interval schedule (VI) Fixed ratio schedule (FR) Variable Ratio Schedule (VR)