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

Question

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

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The soda machine operates on a continuous reinforcement schedule because every time the desired behavior (putting in a dollar) is performed, the reinforcement (getting a bottle of root beer) is received. There is no delay or variation in the reinforcement, making it continuous.

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