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Fixed-interval
Fixed-interval refers to a schedule for reinforcing the first response after a fixed period of time has passed since the prior reinforcement. This schedule usually produces a scallop pattern of responding where people tend to pause after a reinforcer and then to gradually increase their response rate until they are working at a high rate at the moment they receive the next reinforcer.
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