A restaurant worker is given a small cash bonus about every four or five times the restaurant is busy and the worker must exert extra effort. This is an example of which reinforcement schedule?

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Variable ratio schedules reward a response after an unpredictable number of responses. This unpredictability encourages consistent behavior, similar to how a small cash bonus is given after an unpredictable number of busy periods at the restaurant.

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