Imagine being quizzed by your teacher on schedules of reinforcement. You are asked to name the schedule that generates the highest rate of responding and the greatest resistance to extinction
You are told further that gamblers are often under the control of this schedule. You should respond that this describes a ________ schedule of reinforcement.
a. fixed-interval
b. fixed-ratio
c. variable-interval
d. variable-ratio
Answer: d. variable-ratio
Psychology
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a. draw potassium into the cell b. push chloride out of the cell c. push sodium out of the cell d. push potassium out of the cell
Psychology
According to the representativeness heuristic, people make judgments about events according to:
A) their recent experiences with similar events. B) the populations of events that they appear to depict. C) how easy it is to find examples of relevant events. D) their initial views, or presumptions.
Psychology