You Like to Fish

question 216

Multiple Choice

You like to fish.Sometimes,it takes you 30 minutes to catch a fish; other times,you catch a fish every 5 minutes.Fishing,in this case,is on a ____ schedule of reinforcement.

• A) fixed-interval
• B) fixed-ratio
• C) variable-interval
• D) variable-ratio

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