Jimmy Is a Poorly Paid Groundskeeper, Who Works at Least

question 40

Multiple Choice

Jimmy is a poorly paid groundskeeper, who works at least 10 hours of overtime every week spraying pesticides on massive lawns in the upscale neighbourhoods of his city. After work, he grabs a meal at a fast-food restaurant that he takes home and eats in front of the television, all the while thinking of how easy life must be for the people whose lawns he looks after. Which of the following perspectives would Jimmy exemplify?

• A) hierarchy stress perspective
• B) the education perspective
• C) the self-care perspective
• D) the exploited worker perspective

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Definitions:

Behavior Reinforcement

The process of strengthening a behavior by providing a consequence that encourages the repetition of that behavior.

Classical Conditioning

The process of learning through the repeated association of two stimuli; over time, a response originally elicited by the second one becomes elicited by the first one alone.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.