You Are Watching a Pigeon Pecking a Key for Food

Multiple Choice

You are watching a pigeon pecking a key for food reinforcement.The pigeon pecks at a fairly slow rate, but with no noticeable pauses or changes in pecking rate.Based on what is known about the pattern of responding produced by various schedules of reinforcement, you should conclude that the reinforcement schedule that is in place for this pigeon is a:

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