You Are Watching a Rat Pressing a Lever in a Skinner

question 44

Multiple Choice

You are watching a rat pressing a lever in a Skinner box to obtain food pellets.The rat pauses for a long time after each food pellet is delivered,but slowly increases its rate of lever pressing as more time elapses.Which reinforcement schedule is likely in place in this example

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

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