A lab rat receives a food pellet after the first response on trial 1,the third response on trial 2,and the sixth response on trial 3,and so on.This schedule appears to be a ____.

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This schedule is a variable-ratio schedule because the number of responses required to receive a reward changes after each trial, making the reinforcement unpredictable and based on the number of responses, not the passage of time.

A Lab Rat Receives a Food Pellet After the First