You've Just Ordered Your Lunch and Are Waiting for Your

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Essay

You've just ordered your lunch and are waiting for your food to be delivered when your friend Jill says,"I don't understand why you would need to take a whole class on cognitive psychology.It doesn't seem that important to our everyday lives." Describe to Jill all the ways she will rely on cognitive processing during this meal.

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Definitions:

Manager's Presence

The perceived availability and active engagement of a manager in the workplace, which can affect employee motivation and performance.

Reinforcement Size

Reinforcement size relates to the magnitude or amount of reinforcement given which can affect the strength and rate of the behavior it is intended to modify.

Contingent Reinforcement

A form of behavior modification that involves the delivery of a reward or punishment contingent on the occurrence of specific behaviors.

Immediate Reinforcement

is the prompt reward or consequence following a behavior, which strengthens the behavior's association and likelihood of recurrence.