You walk up to a soda machine and put in a dollar, and are rewarded with a bottle of root beer. When you put in another dollar, you get another soda. Assuming that the machine has a limitless supply of root beer, which kind of reinforcement schedule does this machine operate on?
A) partial reinforcement
B) interval reinforcement
C) continuous reinforcement
D) ratio reinforcement

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The soda machine operates on a continuous reinforcement schedule because every time the behavior of inserting a dollar into the machine occurs, it is immediately followed by the reinforcement of receiving a soda. This reinforcement occurs on every occasion, making it a continuous reinforcement schedule.

You Walk Up to a Soda Machine and Put in a Dollar