Elena works as a seamstress. Her boss tells her that every time she completes five shirts, she will receive $5. When done with the five shirts, she dumps them into a bin and gets paid. Her pattern of shirt completion is most likely to be __________.

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Elena's pattern of work is likely to be influenced by the reinforcement schedule her boss has set up, which is a fixed-ratio schedule. In such schedules, behavior is reinforced after a set number of responses, leading to a high rate of response with a short pause after the reinforcement (in this case, after every five shirts and receiving $5). This creates a pattern of rapid shirt completion with a short break after each reinforcement before resuming work.

Elena Works as a Seamstress