The characteristic features of behavior that developed with an FR-50 schedule of reinforcement in Exercise 34 included all of the following EXCEPT
a. an immediate resumption of responding following reinforcement.
b. a constant number of responses following one instance of reinforcement before the next reinforcer is delivered.
c. an extended pause immediately following reinforcement.
d. a rapid sequence of responses following the post-reinforcement pause.
a. an immediate resumption of responding following reinforcement.
Answer feedback: Fixed-ratio schedules of reinforcement characteristically produce a pattern of behavior marked by a post-reinforcement pause, following by a high, steady rate of responding. Successive instances of reinforcement are separated by the same, fixed number of responses.
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