Intermittent reinforcement refers to the part of the conditioning schedule where reward or reinforcement is not presented or delivered at every desired response. This conditioning schedule can be implemented due to different reasons but some of them can be that the desired response is a response leading to another desired outcome and the reward or reinforcement will be presented after getting and completion of the desired outcome in the following step. There can be other reasons as well based on the schedule prepared but the situation where reward or reinforcement is not presented or delivered at every desired response is called Intermittent reinforcement.
