You Enjoy Getting E-Mail Messages, So You Occasionally Check Your

question 107

Multiple Choice

You enjoy getting e-mail messages, so you occasionally check your e-mail to find out if you have any new messages. Which schedule of reinforcement is present in this case?

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

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Definitions:

Action Potentials

Electrical impulses that travel along the membrane of a neuron signaling the cell to perform its function.

Synapse

The junction between two nerve cells, where electrical signals are transmitted from one neuron to another.

Sensory Neurons

Nerve cells responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses.

Interneurons

Neurons located between sensory and motor pathways in the nervous system, involved in the processing and relay of information.