Progressive-ratio (PR) schedules are frequently used to evaluate:
A) How fast an organism can respond
B) The value of a reinforcer
C) An organism's ability to tolerate increased work loads
D) The physical health of an organism

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Progressive-ratio schedules are used to assess the value of a reinforcer by requiring an organism to make an increasing number of responses for each subsequent reward, thus measuring how much effort the organism is willing to exert to obtain the reinforcer.

Progressive-Ratio (PR) Schedules Are Frequently Used to Evaluate