Students Who Do Relatively Little Work Until Just Before an Upcoming

question 85

Multiple Choice

Students who do relatively little work until just before an upcoming exam and then engage in a burst of studying are displaying a response pattern similar to the one engendered by a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

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

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