Imagine that you graphed the cumulative number of bar-press responses over time of four rats,each reinforced on a different one of the four schedules of intermittent reinforcement.Each rat's behavior is graphed on a separate line.The line with the greatest slope should be that displaying the behavior of the rat reinforced on the _____ schedule.
A)fixed-ratio
B)fixed-interval
C)variable-interval
D)variable-ratio

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The variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement is known to produce the highest rate of responding and the most resistance to extinction. Therefore, the line with the greatest slope should be from the rat reinforced on the variable-ratio schedule.

Imagine That You Graphed the Cumulative Number of Bar-Press Responses