The Pay Scale at a Warehouse Is $15 Per Hour

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Essay

The pay scale at a warehouse is $15 per hour for a basic eight-hour day, and $20 per hour for overtime of up to four hours, and $25 for overtime exceeding four hours a day. Angela works 10 a day, while Maggie works 14 hours a day. Compare their marginal and average pay. Who incurs the higher marginal cost of work?

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Definitions:

UCR

Unconditioned Response, an automatic response to a stimulus that does not need to be learned.

CR

In conditioning, this stands for conditioned response, which is a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

A pairing technique in behavioral learning where two stimuli are repeatedly combined; a reaction, initially instigated by the second stimulus, is finally instigated by only the first stimulus.

Cognitive Dissonance

A state of mental uneasiness caused by possessing multiple opposing beliefs, ideas, or values concurrently.