A Child Who Gets Rewarded with Candy on the Average

question 591

Multiple Choice

A child who gets rewarded with candy on the average of every third time she asks her grandmother for a "treat" is being rewarded on which schedule of reinforcement?

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

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