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GATE 2021 XH5 – Question 36

Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting · Theories of Learning: Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning theory, cognitive learning · 1 mark · Multiple choice

A person or animal receives reinforcement after varying amounts of time under which schedule?

  1. Variable interval
  2. Fixed ratio
  3. Fixed interval
  4. Variable ratio

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Correct answer: (A) Variable interval

Explanation

An interval schedule makes reinforcement available after time has elapsed; varying those intervals gives a variable-interval schedule, A. Ratio schedules depend on response counts, and a fixed-interval schedule uses a constant time. Strictly, reinforcement follows the first eligible response after the varying interval.

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