The matching law assumes that a subject's response rate will be proportional to the
A) rate of reinforcement.
B) duration of the session.
C) number of different cued schedules.
D) similarity of the occasion setters.

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The matching law posits that the proportion of responses on a particular option matches the proportion of reinforcements obtained from that option. Thus, a subject's response rate is directly proportional to the rate of reinforcement for that behavior, not to the duration of the session, the number of different cued schedules, or the similarity of the occasion setters.

The Matching Law Assumes That a Subject's Response Rate Will