On which schedule of reinforcement would a person or animal get rewarded on the average of every fifth response, that is, two correct responses would be made to obtain a reinforcer, sometimes seven responses, sometimes three, and so on with the average being five responses?

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


A

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