Bob is an assembly line worker and knows his foreman always checks his work at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Consequently, he only works hard from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. and from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. He is on what kind of reinforcement schedule?

a. fixed interval c. fixed-ratio
b. variable interval d. variable-ratio


a

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