Other Things the Same, the Wages in an Occupation Are

question 7

Multiple Choice

Other things the same, the wages in an occupation are likely to be higher the more

• A) dangerous the job.
• B) prestigious the work environment of the occupation.
• C) desirable the location of the job.
• D) pleasant the working conditions.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement Contingencies

Conditions in which the delivery of rewards or punishments are contingent upon a specific behavior, used to increase or decrease the likelihood of that behavior's occurrence.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by successively reinforcing behaviors that approximate the target behavior.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A type of learning where a new stimulus becomes associated with an already conditioned stimulus, resulting in the same conditioned response.

Spontaneous Recovery

Following a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a conditioned response that had previously disappeared resurfaces.