Answer to Question #209746 in Psychology for ET MAHAMBA

Question

Nomfanelo owns a spa. Each day she checks the email to see if any of her customers have sent the payment. Some days she receives a payment. At other times, she has to wait days or weeks before receiving any payment. What kind of schedule of reinforcement is evident here?

Answer 1

Answer

Variable-ratio schedules reinforcement is evident here since it occurs when a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses in receiving payment from her customers.