You Are Watching a Rat Pressing a Lever in a Skinner

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Multiple Choice

You are watching a rat pressing a lever in a Skinner box to obtain food pellets.The rat is pressing the lever at a very high rate and does not stop,even when a food pellet is delivered.Which type of reinforcement schedule is likely in place in this example

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

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Definitions:

General Knowledge

encompasses a broad range of information across various subjects and disciplines that an individual accumulates throughout life.

Echoic Memory

The sensory register that briefly holds mental representations of auditory stimuli.

Sensory Register

The part of the memory system that processes sensory information from the environment, holding it for a very short period.

Saccadic Eye Movements

Rapid, ballistic movements of the eyes that abruptly change the point of fixation from one location to another.