You Walk Up to a Soda Machine and Put in a Dollar

question 21

Multiple Choice

You walk up to a soda machine and put in a dollar, and are rewarded with a bottle of root beer. When you put in another dollar, you get another soda. Assuming that the machine has a limitless supply of root beer, which kind of reinforcement schedule does this machine operate on?

• A) partial reinforcement
• B) interval reinforcement
• C) continuous reinforcement
• D) ratio reinforcement

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Definitions:

Decibels

A unit of measurement for sound intensity or loudness, indicating the level of noise in comparison to a reference sound.

Hertz

The unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), signifying one cycle per second.

Basilar Membrane

A structure in the cochlea of the inner ear that plays a key role in the perception of sound, vibrating in response to sound waves and thereby stimulating hair cells to send nerve impulses to the brain.

Eardrum

A slender membrane dividing the external ear from the middle ear, which oscillates when hit by sound waves.