You walk up to a soda machine and put in a dollar, and are rewarded with a bottle of root beer. When you put in another dollar, you get another soda. Assuming that the machine has an unlimited supply of root beer, which kind of reinforcement schedule does this machine operate on?
A) partial reinforcement
B) interval reinforcement
C) continuous reinforcement
D) ratio reinforcement

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The machine is providing a reward (root beer) every time the desired behavior (putting in a dollar) is performed. This is an example of continuous reinforcement, meaning the behavior is reinforced every time it occurs.

You Walk Up to a Soda Machine and Put in a Dollar