A child who gets rewarded with candy on the average of every third time she asks her grandmother for a "treat" is being rewarded on which schedule of reinforcement?
A)fixed ratio
B)variable ratio
C)fixed interval
D)variable interval

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The child is being rewarded on a variable ratio schedule of reinforcement because the reward (candy) is given after an unpredictable number of requests. This means that sometimes the child might get a treat after two requests, other times after four requests, but on average, it happens every third time. This variability in the ratio of responses to rewards is what defines a variable ratio schedule.

A Child Who Gets Rewarded with Candy on the Average