Frederick trained his parrot to open the door to his cage by pecking at a lever three times. Frederick used a _____ schedule of reinforcement to encourage the desired behavior

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


Answer: D

Rationale: Reinforcement is delivered after a specific number of responses have been completed.

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