Which of the Following Represents an Employer Applying the Principles

question 90

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents an employer applying the principles of positive reinforcement to address absenteeism?

• A) An employer conducting a company-wide session on the company's leave policy
• B) An employer issuing a written warning to an employee for taking too many unplanned leaves
• C) An employer giving gift vouchers to employees for meeting attendance standards
• D) An employer offering personal counseling to employees who do not meet the attendance standards of the company

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Reinforcer

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any need for learning, such as food for a hungry animal.

Conditioned Reinforcer

An initially neutral stimulus that acquires the capacity to serve as a reinforcer through association with an unconditioned reinforcer.

Operant Conditioning

An educational process that involves altering the degree of a behavior by introducing reinforcements or deterrents.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that involves associating an initially neutral stimulus with a stimulus that elicits a reflexive response, until the neutral stimulus itself elicits that response.