A pigeon is placed in a Skinner box. On a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement, the pigeon receives food after pecking a disk:

Name: A pigeon is placed in a Skinner box. On a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement, the pigeon receives food after pecking a disk:
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A fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement is where the behavior (in this case, pecking the disk) is reinforced after a set number of times. Therefore, the pigeon would receive food after pecking the disk a fixed or set number of times.

A Pigeon Is Placed in a Skinner Box