On the First Trial, a Rat in a Skinner Box

question 155

Multiple Choice

On the first trial, a rat in a Skinner box is reinforced for the first bar press it makes after 50 seconds have elapsed. On the second trial, the first bar press after 70 seconds is reinforced. Although it varies from trial to trial, the average works out to one reinforcer every 60 seconds. The rat is on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

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

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