You use a ______________ schedule of reinforcement when you are teaching someone to do something new. You use a ______________ schedule of reinforcement after they have learned a behaviour and you want to maintain it.
A)continuous; partial
B)partial; continuous
C)negative; positive
D)positive; negative
E)positive; partial

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Continuous reinforcement is used when teaching a new behavior because it rewards the behavior every time it is performed, which helps to establish the behavior. Partial reinforcement is used to maintain a behavior after it has been learned because it rewards the behavior only some of the time, which makes the behavior more resistant to extinction.

You Use a ______________ Schedule of Reinforcement When You Are