While Training Her Dog to Retrieve a Newspaper and Bring

question 37

Multiple Choice

While training her dog to retrieve a newspaper and bring it back to her, Alice rewards her dog with a small treat after he performs the behavior correctly. In order to maximize the value that the reward has on the dog's ability to learn the behavior, the goal gradient hypothesis would suggest that how much time should pass between retrieving the paper and receiving the reward?

• A) 5 seconds
• B) 30 seconds
• C) 1 minute
• D) 2 minutes

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