Although it is not known whether you have to buy 1,10,or 100 lottery tickets to get a winning ticket,it is highly probable that,if you just keep buying,eventually you will get a winner.In fact,the very next ticket you buy may be a winner.Buying lottery tickets is reinforced according to which type of schedule?
A)fixed-ratio
B)intermittent
C)fixed-interval
D)variable interval

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Buying lottery tickets is an example of intermittent reinforcement, where the reinforcement (winning a prize) is not delivered after every response (buying a ticket), but rather after unpredictable intervals of time or number of responses. This type of reinforcement is known to create a strong and persistent behavior, as individuals keep performing the behavior in the hope of receiving reinforcement, even if it is rare and unpredictable. Fixed-ratio reinforcement would require a specific number of tickets to be bought before reinforcement is delivered, fixed-interval reinforcement would deliver reinforcement after a specific period of time has elapsed, and variable interval reinforcement would deliver reinforcement after unpredictable periods of time have elapsed, but not based on the number of tickets bought.

Although It Is Not Known Whether You Have to Buy