A Rat in a Skinner Box Receives a Food Pellet

question 138

Multiple Choice

A rat in a Skinner box receives a food pellet every 10 times it presses a bar. The rat is on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

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

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