Over a period of a few weeks, Samuel changed from complying with each of his father's requests to complying with every other request, then every third request. The father's behavior of making requests has been subjected to a procedure known as
A) ratio strain.
B) stretching the ratio.
C) stretching the interval.
D) partialization.

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Stretching the ratio refers to gradually increasing the number of responses required to obtain a reinforcer, which is what the father did by moving from every request to every other request, then every third request.

Over a Period of a Few Weeks, Samuel Changed from Complying