If You Wanted a Rat in a Skinner Box to Respond

question 294

Multiple Choice

If you wanted a rat in a Skinner Box to respond with both a high and steady rate of responding,you should use which type of schedule of reinforcement?

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

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