The Schedule of Reinforcement That Yields the Slowest Increase in a Behavior

question 283

Multiple Choice

The schedule of reinforcement that yields the slowest increase in a behavior and the fastest extinction of the behavior when the schedule is stopped is __________.

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

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