A pigeon in operant chamber #1 regularly receives a pellet of food after every ten pecks at a red disk, no matter how long it takes. A rat in operant chamber #2 regularly receives a pellet of food for the first bar press it makes after ten minutes have passed, no matter how many bar presses it makes. The pigeon is on a _____ schedule of reinforcement, and the rat is on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.
a. fixed-ratio; fixed-interval
b. fixed-interval; fixed-ratio
c. fixed-ratio; variable-interval
d. fixed-ratio; variable-ratio
Answer: a. fixed-ratio; fixed-interval
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