It has been rumored that campus parking enforcement officers receive a $10 bonus for every twenty tickets they write.An unnamed campus parking administrator has remarked off the record,"This ____ schedule of reinforcement keeps our officers diligent and busy."
A) variable-ratio
B) fixed-ratio
C) variable-interval
D) fixed-interval

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The correct answer is fixed-ratio because the officers receive a specific reward ($10 bonus) after a specific number of responses (writing twenty tickets), which is the definition of a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement.

It Has Been Rumored That Campus Parking Enforcement Officers Receive