Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1-1 Gabrielle Wants Very Much

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Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1-1 Gabrielle wants very much to get a job in television. Each day she visits local television station websites and peruses the Help Wanted sections. To her surprise, there is an opening for a production assistant at Channel 30. To apply for the job, applicants must download a form from the Channel 30 website, fill it out, and then email it to the human resources manager. The form is a Microsoft Word 2013 document. Anxious to apply, Gabrielle downloads the form and opens it on her computer. In the space allocated for today's date, Andrea types Janu and then is prompted by _______.

• A) Spell Check to spell "January" correctly
• B) AutoCorrect to finish typing "January"
• C) AutoComplete to insert the name of the month, January
• D) AutoAdjust to adjust her font size to match the rest of the document

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Definitions:

Extrinsic Reinforcement

Motivation or reward that comes from outside an individual, such as money, grades, or praise, which can influence behavior.

Higher-Order Reinforcement

A process in which reinforcement is given for behavior that meets or exceeds a previously established criterion of performance.

Secondary Reinforcement

A conditioning process where a stimulus reinforces a behavior after it has been associated with a primary reinforcer.

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.