A pigeon in operant chamber #1 regularly receives a pellet offood after every ten pecks at a red disk, no matter how long ittakes. A rat in operant chamber #2 regularly receives a pelletof food for the first bar press it makes after ten minutes have passed, no matter how many bar presses it makes. The pigeonis on a _____ schedule of reinforcement, and the rat is on a_____ schedule of reinforcement.

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The pigeon receives reinforcement (food pellet) after a fixed number of pecks at the red disk (fixed-ratio schedule). The rat receives reinforcement (food pellet) after a fixed amount of time has passed, regardless of the number of bar presses (fixed-interval schedule).

A Pigeon in Operant Chamber #1 Regularly Receives a Pellet