The finding that the force of response changes as animals get closer to completing the ratio requirement on a work task challenges the idea of:
A) The postreinforcement pause
B) The prereinforcement pause
C) Ratio strain
D) The equal cost assumption

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The equal cost assumption suggests that each response in a ratio schedule has the same cost or effort, but if the force of response changes as animals get closer to completing the ratio, it indicates that the cost or effort is not equal throughout.

The Finding That the Force of Response Changes as Animals