You Walk Up to a Soda Machine and Put in a Dollar

question 21

Multiple Choice

You walk up to a soda machine and put in a dollar, and are rewarded with a bottle of root beer. When you put in another dollar, you get another soda. Assuming that the machine has a limitless supply of root beer, which kind of reinforcement schedule does this machine operate on?

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

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