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The Following Question Addresses the Three Mating Systems of Animals

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The following question addresses the three mating systems of animals.Select the choice that correctly describes each system.One male mating with one female is ___________;one male mating with more than one female is _________;one female mating with more than one male is __________.


Definitions:

Variable-ratio Schedule

A reinforcement schedule where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, making it highly resistant to extinction.

Specific Number

A specific number refers to a distinct and particular numerical value, identified without ambiguity.

Randomly Varying

Exhibiting changes that lack a specific pattern, direction, or expectation, occurring in a manner that cannot be predicted.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a consequence that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

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