Art has doting parents who praise him every time he sits down and studies. Ben has parents who praise him every now and then when he studies. A learning theorist would predict that if both sets of parents stopped giving encouragement for studying, __________ would continue studying longer because behaviors rewarded on a __________ schedule persist longer.
A. Art; partial
B. Art; continuous
C. Ben; partial
D. Ben; continuous
Answer: C
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