If you were training an animal and wanted to generate the highest rate of responding you would use
A)an interval schedule
B)a continuous reinforcement schedule
C)a ratio schedule
D)a discriminative stimulus
E)a secondary reinforcer

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A ratio schedule, especially a variable ratio schedule, is known to produce a high rate of responding because the reinforcement is based on the number of responses made. This encourages the animal to respond more frequently in anticipation of receiving a reward.

If You Were Training an Animal and Wanted to Generate