Several Advocacy Groups in the U

question 65

Multiple Choice

Several advocacy groups in the U.S. monitor firms that do business with sweatshops in developing nations. These watchdog groups are concerned about human rights abuses in foreign factories, often citing unsafe and unclean working conditions. Recently, business experts have shed new light on this issue, stating that these factories that do not meet the standards of developed nations are still perceived by their workers as a better way of life than what they had before because these employers offer steady wages. According to Maslow, these workers are motivated to satisfy which of his hierarchy of needs?

• A) self-actualization needs
• B) social needs
• C) safety needs
• D) physiological needs

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Definitions:

Lose Weight

The process of reducing body mass, typically through diet, exercise, or a combination of both, in order to improve health or appearance.

Food Intake

The consumption of food and beverages as a means of nutrition and sustenance for the body.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response conditioned to one stimulus is evoked by similar, but not identical, stimuli.

Higher-Order Conditioning

Higher-order conditioning is a form of learning in which a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, leading to an association and conditioned response to the new stimulus, even though it was never directly associated with the unconditioned stimulus.