"Herb, Bernice Is Your Best Worker Even Though She Is

question 68

Multiple Choice

"Herb, Bernice is your best worker even though she is relatively new, and she has a great attitude," said Cara, Herb's manager. "I advise you to stop yelling at her and nit-picking her work." In the context of McGregor's Theory X, what might happen if Herb does not heed Cara's advice?

• A) Bernice will begin acting in a lazy and unmotivated fashion, requiring tight supervision (self-fulfilling prophecy).
• B) Bernice will begin seeking outlets for her creative talent (contingency).
• C) Bernice will aspire toward a career in the profession of management (administrative effect).
• D) Bernice will seek alternative approaches to her work (flexible process).
• E) Bernice will seek to accomplish more with less (economy of scale).

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of time without exposure to the conditioning stimulus.

Primary Reinforcer

An innately reinforcing stimulus, such as food or water, that satisfies a biological need.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through association with a primary reinforcer.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without apparent reinforcement, but is not demonstrated until a motivation is present.