PSYCHOLOGY LEARNING

SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT PRACTICE

DIRECTIONS: After reading the examples below, choose the option listed at the bottom that it is an
example of.

1.

__VR___ You go to Atlantic City and play the slot machines. Sometimes you win money after
putting in 3 quarters, sometimes after 15 quarters, sometimes after putting in .

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o)tained

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