If an employer at a cleaning company wants his employees to clean more toilets per shift, he would get the best response when using a ____ schedule of reinforcement
a. ?fixed interval
b. ?variable interval
c. ?fixed ratio
d. ?variable ratio
ANSWER:
d
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What will be an ideal response?
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