You put a dollar in a soda machine and are rewarded with a bottle of root beer. When you put in another dollar, you get another soda. Assuming that the machine has a limitless supply of root beer, which kind of reinforcement schedule does this machine
operate on?
a) continuous reinforcement
b) ratio reinforcement
c) interval reinforcement
d) partial reinforcement
Answer: A
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