Sam, a used car salesman, doesn't know how many customers he will have to approach until someone buys a car, but he does know it is possible that the very next customer will buy a car. Sam's sales behaviour is reinforced according to which type of reinforcement schedule?

A) variable-ratio
B) fixed-ratio
C) fixed-interval
D) variable-interval


A) variable-ratio

Psychology

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