Slot machines reward gamblers with money according to which reinforcement schedule?
Read the situation and decide which schedule of reinforcement best fits the person's system of receiving income.
Donovan is a waiter in a college restaurant. Sometimes he gets a tip and sometimes the students leave nothing. Whether the night is busy (Friday) or dead (Tuesday), on the average he gets a real tip from about `50%` of his customers, but some nights everyone is generous and other nights everyone is stingy.
Donovan can estimate his tips based on how many customers he has served, not how many days have gone by.
Vihaan has a job with a landscape service. He works about `35` hours each week. He is always paid on Friday afternoon, and his salary is always the same.
Vihaan knows exactly when he will be paid every week, but he is not paid every time he goes to work.
Isfa sells hotdogs for one dollar each in the stands at the local professional baseball stadium. For every hotdog she sells, she puts `25` cents in her pocket and `75` cents in her boss's change purse.
Isfa is paid/rewarded for each hotdog she sells. Don't worry about the boss's cut.
Jamal does remodeling for an old man who lives in the big house. He has been working there for eight months, and always puts in `25` hours a week. He is never sure when he is going to get paid. Sometimes the old man pays him twice in a single week and other times he doesn't give him anything for three weeks. On the average, he gets paid about every `10` days.
Jamal is never quite sure when he is going to get paid, but, on the average, it works out the same as if he were paid on a regular basis.
Kennedy makes simple fabric dolls for a local craft store. The store only takes the dolls in sets of `25`. For every `25` dolls she delivers, the store pays her `$10`.
Kennedy's pay is determined by the number of dolls she makes, but she needs to complete a certain number before she can earn her reward.