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#1. A behavior analyst is analyzing the response patterns generated by a client’s engagement with a specific reinforcement schedule. The data indicates that after each reinforcement delivery, there is a consistent, predictable pause in responding, which is then followed by a very high and steady rate of responding until the next reinforcement is delivered. Which of the following basic schedules of reinforcement is most accurately described by this characteristic response pattern?
Each basic schedule of reinforcement produces a distinctive and predictable pattern of responding A Fixed Ratio FR schedule delivers reinforcement after a fixed number of responses Learners typically respond quickly to meet the ratio requirement leading to a high steady rate of responding Once reinforcement is delivered there is often a noticeable postreinforcement pause because the individual knows that a certain number of responses must be emitted again before the next reinforcement The text directly states that The high steady rates with the post reinforcement pause is going to be a fixed ratio In contrast A Fixed Interval FI schedule typically produces a scallop effecta gradual increase in responding as the end of the interval approaches followed by a postreinforcement pause A Variable Ratio VR schedule produces a high steady rate of responding with little or no postreinforcement pause as the number of responses required for reinforcement is unpredictable A Variable Interval VI schedule produces a moderate steady rate of responding with little or no postreinforcement pause as the time until reinforcement is unpredictable
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