According to Melioration Theories of Matching

question 21

Multiple Choice

According to melioration theories of matching,

• A)organisms always choose whichever response alternative is most likely to be reinforced at that time.
• B)organisms focus on aggregates of responses between two keys over a time period.
• C)the local rate of response is calculated over just the time the organism devotes to that particular behavior.
• D)organisms distribute their responses so as to maximize the amount of reinforcement they receive over the long run.

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