If You Want an Organism to Respond Very Rapidly with Only

question 108

Multiple Choice

If you want an organism to respond very rapidly with only a brief pause after each reinforcement, which schedule of reinforcement would you choose?

• A) fixed-interval
• B) fixed-ratio
• C) variable-interval
• D) Any reinforcement schedule would work as well as any other.

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Definitions:

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