Question

Scott received a great money-saving credit card offer in the mail complete with a frequent-flyer reward program. he reads on further to find that the one mile for every dollar spent may not be such a great offer after all because he gets a $500 airline ticket only after he acquires 25,000 miles or spend $25,000. this is a _____ schedule.

Answer 1

The correct answer to fill in the blank is:

This is a “fixed-ratio” schedule.

The fixed-ratio schedule is one of the schedules of reinforcement conditioning. This type of reinforcement is rewarded when a specified or fixed number of responses is achieved. In this example, when Scott reaches 25,000 miles, he gets a $airline ticket.