A privately funded program pays low-income parents $50 every two months for each child who attends school regularly during that period.This incentive illustrates a _____ schedule of reinforcement.
A)fixed-interval
B)fixed-ratio
C)variable-interval
D)variable-ratio

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This is because the reinforcement (payment of $50) is provided at a fixed interval of two months, regardless of how many times the child attends school within that period. It is not dependent on the number of times the behavior (attending school) is displayed, which would make it a fixed-ratio schedule. It also does not vary in terms of the time between reinforcement, as in variable-interval, or the number of times the behavior is displayed before reinforcement, as in variable-ratio.

A Privately Funded Program Pays Low-Income Parents $50 Every Two