Every night at supper time a telemarketer calls people and tries to get them to buy things that they don't need. On average, he makes a sale after every 72 calls. Every Friday night he treats himself by buying a steak dinner with part of his earnings
The telemarketer's success is on a ________ schedule of reinforcement, and his dining behavior is on a ________ schedule of reinforcement.
a. fixed-interval; variable-ratio
b. fixed-ratio; variable-interval
c. variable-ratio; fixed-interval
d. variable-interval; fixed-ratio
Answer: c. variable-ratio; fixed-interval
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