When a VI Schedule Was Yoked to a VR Schedule

question 16

Multiple Choice

When a VI schedule was yoked to a VR schedule so that pigeons on the VI schedule had the same opportunity to earn reinforcement as birds on the VR schedule,

• A)subjects in both groups showed similar rates of responding.
• B)subjects in the VI group pecked more vigorously than those in the VR group.
• C)subjects in the VR group pecked more vigorously than those in the VI group.
• D)subjects in the VR group showed initially high levels of responding but their response rate quickly dropped to the rate of the VI subjects.

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