Andrew Works for NASA and Gets Paid Once a Month

question 20

Multiple Choice

Andrew works for NASA and gets paid once a month, whereas his friend George works at a fast-food restaurant and gets paid once a week. Despite the difference in when they are paid, both are paid on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

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

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Definitions:

Conditioning Process

The method by which organisms learn to associate different stimuli and behaviors through reinforcement or punishment.

Instinctive Drift

The tendency for animals to revert to instinctual behaviors even after learning new behaviors that contradict those instincts.

Food-Washing Behaviour

A learned or instinctual behavior observed in some animal species where they wash their food in water before eating.

Observational Learning

A learning process through which behaviors are acquired by watching and imitating others, also known as modeling.