A teacher tells her first graders that whenever the bell on her clock rings, the students who are in their seats will each receive one token to put in their "happy jars." She then says, "No one knows when the clock will ring. It might be ten minutes, it might be 17 minutes, or only five minutes; so you better be in your seat." The teacher is using which schedule of reinforcement for "in-seat" behavior?
A)fixed ratio
B)fixed interval
C)variable ratio
D)variable interval

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The teacher is using a variable interval schedule of reinforcement because the reinforcement (the bell ringing and the distribution of tokens) is given at unpredictable time intervals, encouraging students to maintain the desired behavior (staying in their seats) continuously since they do not know when the next reinforcement will come.

A Teacher Tells Her First Graders That Whenever the Bell