Given the same overall frequency of reinforcement on a fixed and a variable schedule of reinforcement, you should predict that the variable reinforcement schedule will tend to produce
a. more breaks in responding and lower resistance to extinction.
b. steadier response rates but lower resistance to extinction.
c. more breaks in responding but greater resistance to extinction.
d. steadier response rates and greater resistance to extinction.
D
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Anthony classically conditioned his cat to purr whenever the phone rang. One day, the phone rang for nearly two hours straight when Anthony wasn't home, and the cat's conditioned purring response underwent extinction. Today, the response has spontaneously recovered, but if the conditioned purring response were to undergo extinction again, Anthony should expect that it will
a. take less time to extinguish than it took for the original extinction. b. take more time to extinguish than it took for the original extinction. c. take the same amount of time to extinguish as it took for the original extinction. d. be impossible to extinguish the response now that spontaneous recovery has occurred.
Suppose you got 75 items correct on a 100-item, six alternative, multiple-choice exam. What would your score be after we corrected for guessing?
a. 50 b. 57 c. 63 d. 70