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:

Marginal Cost Curve

It illustrates the change in total cost that arises when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit; this is the cost of producing one additional unit of a good.

Short-Run Supply

The supply provided by firms in the short term when at least one input, usually capital, is fixed.

Economic Profit

The contrast between the aggregate income and complete costs, both visible and unseen, of a company.

Market Price

The current price at which an asset or service can be bought or sold in a competitive marketplace.