Your tendency to study more before a scheduled test, to study less right after that test, and then start another studying frenzy right before the next test illustrates the typical pattern of which schedule of reinforcement?
A) fixed ratio
B) fixed interval
C) variable ratio
D) variable interval

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This pattern of behavior is typical of a fixed interval schedule, where responses increase as the time for reinforcement approaches and decrease right after reinforcement is given.

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