Sally is a manager of a house-cleaning company and is paid with a monthly salary.Paul,who works for Sally,gets paid by the number of houses he cleans.Paul gets paid on a ____ reinforcement schedule,while Sally gets paid on a ____ reinforcement schedule.
A) fixed-interval; variable-interval
B) variable-interval; variable-interval
C) variable-ratio; fixed-ratio
D) fixed-ratio; fixed-interval

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Paul is paid based on the number of houses he cleans, which is a fixed-ratio schedule because the reinforcement (payment) is given after a fixed number of responses (houses cleaned). Sally is paid with a monthly salary, which is a fixed-interval schedule because the reinforcement (salary) is received after a fixed amount of time, regardless of the number of responses.

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