Suppose Your Boss Provides Free Coffee and Donuts Each Morning

question 4

Multiple Choice

Suppose your boss provides free coffee and donuts each morning at precisely 10:30 am. The first people there get the best choice of donuts. Your going to the place where the donuts are each day is reinforced on which schedule?

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

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

A form of learning that is not immediately expressed in an overt response; it occurs without obvious reinforcement to be applied later when needed.

Vicarious Learning

The process of learning behaviors by observing the consequences of others’ actions and adapting one’s own behavior accordingly.

Innate Learning

A learning process present at birth, not acquired through experience or training but known as instinctual behavior.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without immediate reinforcement and is not demonstrated until a reward is offered.