Question

When crystal learned to play the piano as a child, her dad would reward her with candy as she practiced. sometimes he gave her candy after 6 minutes of practice, then after another 15 minutes, and then again after another 10 minutes. what type of reinforcement schedule is described here?

Answer 1

The correct answer is variable interval schedule. It is because this is considered to be a type of operant conditioning reinforcement by which the reinforcement is likely to be given to the response after a specific time has passed by which the time is likely unpredictable as it changes or variable schedule.