If you want an organism to respond very rapidly with only a brief pause after each reinforcement, which schedule of reinforcement would you choose?
A) fixed-interval
B) fixed-ratio
C) variable-interval
D) Any reinforcement schedule would work as well as any other.

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Fixed-ratio schedules provide reinforcement after a specific number of responses. This leads to a rapid response rate since the organism knows exactly how many responses are needed to receive reinforcement. There is a brief pause after each reinforcement, but it is usually shorter than other reinforcement schedules. Therefore, fixed-ratio would be the best choice for achieving a rapid response with brief pauses.

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