Scalloping is said to occur in situations in which A) the occurrence of reinforcement is infrequent. B) the passage of time becomes an S^Dfor responding. C) the more the subject responds, the sooner the reward is offered. D) the subject collects enough rewards such that it is no longer willing to respond.

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Scalloping occurs in fixed interval schedules where the passage of time becomes a discriminative stimulus (S^D) for responding, leading to a pattern of slow responding after reinforcement and increasing response rate as the interval progresses.

Scalloping Is Said to Occur in Situations in Which