Nita Has Just Joined the Rowing Club,an Organization That Has

question 87

Multiple Choice

Nita has just joined the rowing club,an organization that has been low in members for the last several years.Which of the following will most likely happen?

• A) She will assimilate into the club,making whatever changes are necessary to fit in,while the club will make little accommodation.
• B) She will become committed to the group if the group members accept each other and the group.
• C) She will make few changes to fit in,hoping the group will accept her as she is.
• D) She will rarely rely on her relationships with established members of the club.

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Definitions:

Biological Constraints

Limitations on learning that are due to the inherited characteristics of an organism.

Natural Selection

The principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will (in competition with other trait variations) most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.

Conditioned Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing power through their association with primary reinforcers.

Biological Constraints

Limitations on learning that result from the genetic and biological makeup of each organism.