Your friend works in a lab and is paid for each three blood smears analyzed. Your friend is operating on which schedule of reinforcement?

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The reinforcement is tied to a specific number of responses (analyzing three blood smears) which is a feature of fixed ratio schedules. In this case, the fixed ratio is 3. The other options do not match the scenario - variable ratio would mean the number of blood smears analyzed before reinforcement varies, fixed interval would involve a set amount of time passing before reinforcement is available, and variable interval would mean the time between reinforcement varies. Random interval is not a recognized schedule of reinforcement.

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