Boris Is Blindfolded and Holding a Pile of Laundry

question 17

Multiple Choice

Boris is blindfolded and holding a pile of laundry.Natasha adds some dirty laundry to Boris's pile,then some more dirty laundry,then some more,and so on,just until Boris says,"Now the pile of laundry feels heavier." Boris's judgment is best described by ____ law.

• A) the Gestalt
• B) Weber's
• C) Fechner's
• D) Stevens's power

Recognize the role of objectives in measuring actual performance.

Distinguish between preventive maintenance and concurrent control.

Appreciate the significance of long-range planning and financial projections.

Identify the capacity of companies to make mistakes and learn from them.

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Definitions:

Clarification

The process of making a statement or situation less confused and more clearly comprehensible.

Conditioned Response

A response that is learned when a neutral stimulus is regularly presented together with a stimulus that naturally triggers a reaction, transforming the neutral stimulus into a conditioned one.

Conditioned Stimulus

A formerly neutral signal that, through linkage with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually elicits a conditioned reaction.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus, eliciting a conditioned response.