After graduating from college, you are hired to work in a factory as an industrial psychologist. The workers put together iPads. They can either be paid by the hour or by the number of iPads they put together in a day. You decide that you will do the latter (pay by the number of iPads put together). According to Skinner, you have put the workers on a fixed-ratio schedule.

Fixed-ratio Schedule

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses, leading to a rapid response rate followed by a short pause.

Industrial Psychologist

A professional who applies psychological theories and principles to understand human behavior in workplaces, aiming to improve employee well-being and organizational efficiency.

Skinner

B.F. Skinner was an American psychologist and behaviorist who developed the theory of operant conditioning, focusing on how behavior is influenced by its consequences.