Which of the Following Individuals Is Most Likely to Be

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following individuals is most likely to be on a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement?

• A)a clerk at a fast food restaurant
• B)a gambler
• C)a mail delivery person
• D)a student waiting for her grades to come in the mail

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Definitions:

Experiment

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact by controlling and manipulating variables.

Confound

A variable that influences both the dependent and independent variables in a study, potentially misleading the results or conclusions.

Independent Variable

In an experiment, the variable that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.

Independent Variable

A variable that is manipulated in an experiment to observe its effect on the dependent variable.