medium · MCAT psych-soc
An employee receives a paycheck every Friday afternoon regardless of how many tasks they completed that week, provided they were present.
What schedule is this, and how does it affect the employee's work rate on Monday morning compared to Friday morning?
- Fixed-interval; work rate will be lower on Monday and higher on Friday.
- Variable-interval; the employee will work at a steady moderate rate all week.
- Variable-ratio; the employee will work at a very high rate to ensure they get paid.
- Fixed-ratio; work rate will be high and steady throughout the week.
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