Sandy's Favorite Activity Is to Go to Las Vegas and Play

question 91

Multiple Choice

Sandy's favorite activity is to go to Las Vegas and play the slot machines. Her gambling behavior is being reinforced on a ________ schedule.

• A) fixed-interval
• B) fixed-ratio
• C) variable-ratio
• D) variable-interval

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Definitions:

Deindustrialization

A process characterized by the decline in industrial activity in a region or economy, typically marked by the closing of factories and loss of manufacturing jobs.

Moral Capabilities

The capacities or abilities of individuals to make ethical choices, understand moral principles, and act in ways that are consistent with moral values.

Moral Persons

Beings capable of making ethical decisions and recognizing moral claims upon their actions.

Consequentialist Thought

Ethical philosophy considering the consequences of actions as the primary basis for any judgment about the rightness or wrongness of those actions.