John's Toaster Is Malfunctioning

question 134

Multiple Choice

John's toaster is malfunctioning.Sometimes his toast is ready in ten seconds.Sometimes he must wait thirty seconds.At times,it can even take several minutes before the toast is done.The toaster has John on a ________ schedule of reinforcement.

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

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Definitions:

Bads

Items or factors that negatively impact societal welfare or personal well-being, often considered the opposite of goods.

Goods

Tangible products or commodities that satisfy human wants and provide utility.

Mental Accounting

The tendency people have to create separate “mental boxes” (or “accounts”) in which they deal with particular financial transactions in isolation rather than dealing with them as part of an overall decision-making process that would consider how to best allocate their limited budgets across all possible options by using the utility-maximizing rule.

Price Changes

Variations in the cost of goods and services over time, influenced by inflation, supply and demand, and market dynamics.