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kfurse

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Lance is a door-to-door insurance salesman. Lance finds it difficult to predict what his sales will be for any given day. On some days, he sells one policy for every three houses that he visits; on other days, he may sell one policy every twenty houses. Lance is being rewarded on a ____ reinforcement schedule.
 
  a. fixed-ratio
  b. fixed-interval
  c. variable-ratio
  d. variable-interval

Question 2

Charlie wants to get a job in which he is rewarded for his work on a fixed interval reinforcement schedule. Which job should Charlie pursue?
 
  a. Vanguard Advertising, where he will earn 3.00 for each ad he sells
  b. Burger Express, where he will earn a paycheck each week
  c. Cruise-In, where the tips are split between all the servers
  d. Teddys Carpentry, where he will earn money as the jobs are completed



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b



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