Which Promotion Exemplifies the Use of a Fixed-Ratio Schedule of Reinforcement

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which promotion exemplifies the use of a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement?

• A)A café prints "You are a winner" on a random one-twelfth of its coffee lids; patrons receiving such a lid can redeem it for a free beverage.
• B)A café offers its customers a punch card. Each time a patron purchases a beverage, a hold is punched; when ten holes are punched, the patron receives a free beverage.
• C)Every now and then, a café announces a two-for-one deal.
• D)A café offers each patron an early morning two-for-one free-beverage-with-purchase deal from 5 to 6 a.m. on Monday mornings.

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Definitions:

Output Level

The total product units produced within a given time frame in a production process or economic system.

Origin

The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.

Isoquants

Isoquants are curves that represent combinations of different inputs that yield the same level of output, used in production theory to analyze input choices.

Marginal Rate

The rate of change in a variable (often cost or benefit) as a result of a unit increase in another variable, commonly used in the context of marginal tax rates or marginal cost.