One Rat Has Earned 50 Food Pellets During a Session

question 193

Multiple Choice

One rat has earned 50 food pellets during a session of conditioning on a fixed reinforcement schedule,and a second rat has earned 50 food pellets during a session of conditioning on a variable schedule of reinforcement.What should you predict about the behaviour of the second rat,on the variable schedule

• A) steadier response rates but lower resistance to extinction 
• B) more breaks in responding and lower resistance to extinction 
• C) more breaks in responding but greater resistance to extinction 
• D) steadier response rates and greater resistance to extinction

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