To apply the matching law to cases where the researcher presents only one reinforcement schedule,such as a VI schedule with food reinforcement,Herrnstein assumed that
A)the subject will devote all its time to this schedule
B)the subject chooses between this schedule and extraneous reinforcers in the environment
C)the subject's responding will not change if the rate of reinforcement is varied
D)none of the above

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The matching law assumes that an individual will distribute its behavior between the reinforcement schedule presented by the researcher and any other available sources of reinforcement in the environment. Therefore, if only one schedule is present, the individual will choose between that schedule and the extraneous reinforcers available in the environment. This choice behavior can then be analyzed using the matching law.

To Apply the Matching Law to Cases Where the Researcher