Your Tendency to Study More Before a Scheduled Test, to Study

question 499

Multiple Choice

Your tendency to study more before a scheduled test, to study less right after that test, and then start another studying frenzy right before the next test illustrates the typical pattern of which schedule of reinforcement?

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

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