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tiara099

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In a fixed-interval reinforcement schedule, if the interval between presentations of reinforcers is shortened the response rate will:
 
  a. extinguish.
  b. increase.
  c. decrease.
  d. remain the same but extinction will take longer.

Question 2

An employee paid on a weekly basis operates under a _____ schedule of reinforcement.
 
  a. continuous
  c. fixed-interval
  b. fixed-ratio
  d. positive


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Skinner's research showed that the shorter the interval between presentations of the reinforcer, the greater the frequency of response. The response rate declined as the interval between reinforcements lengthened.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: A job in which your salary is paid once a week or once a month operates on the fixed-interval schedule. You are not paid according to the number of items you produce or the number of sales you make (the number of responses) but by the number of hours, days, or weeks that elapse.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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