In Your Textbook,a Criticism of Some Modern Approaches to Motivation

question 51

Multiple Choice

In your textbook,a criticism of some modern approaches to motivation is that ______.

• A)They are more about how managers can make people work harder,rather than about people's psychological wellbeing.
• B)They do not concern themselves with the question of what drives people.
• C)They do not concern themselves with the question of why people are motivated to work.
• D)They do not work.

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Definitions:

Reinforcing Qualities

Reinforcing qualities refer to the properties of a stimulus that increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated. These can be positive (adding something desirable) or negative (removing something undesirable).

Observational Learning

The process of learning behaviors by watching and imitating others, also known as modeling or social learning.

Headstands

An inversion exercise where one balances on their head with the feet pointing upwards; often practiced in yoga.

Vicarious Reinforcement

Learning that occurs by observing the reinforcement or punishment of another person's behavior.