The Real Costs of Quality

question 10

Multiple Choice

The real costs of quality:

• A)tend to rise significantly with the cost of prevention.
• B)rise significantly as defects increase in the finished product.
• C)are incurred in the quality control department.
• D)are easily identified by the accounting department.
• E)are frequently overstated in an organization.

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behavioral psychology where the removal of an undesirable stimulus strengthens a behavior.

Positive Reinforcement

A method in behavioral psychology of increasing the likelihood of a specific response by following it with a pleasurable or rewarding stimulus.

Target Response

In behaviorism, it refers to a desired behavior or outcome that is sought in a conditioning process.

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus that, when removed after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.