It is sometimes possible to stretch the ratio so far that an animal receiving food reinforcement will expend more energy than he receives from the reinforcers.

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This is known as the "response cost" effect, where the effort required to obtain the food reinforcement outweighs the actual value of the reinforcement itself.

It Is Sometimes Possible to Stretch the Ratio So Far