On a Concurrent VI 10-Sec VR 100 Schedule, _____ Theory

question 120

Multiple Choice

On a concurrent VI 10-sec VR 100 schedule, _____ theory predicts that a pigeon would spend most of its time on the VR 100 schedule and switch over to the VI schedule approximately every 10 seconds. In contrast, _____ theory predicts that the pigeon will spend much more of its time on the VI schedule than is predicted by matching.

• A) melioration; maximization
• B) maximization; optimization
• C) maximization; melioration
• D) melioration; optimization

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