When You Dial a Phone Number and Get a Busy

question 162

Multiple Choice

When you dial a phone number and get a busy signal, the reward of "getting through" is on a _____ schedule because you may have to wait 30 seconds or 30 minutes.(If you are like most people, you will doggedly dial over and over again until you get a connection.)

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

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