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Scenario 1.2
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Paws and Claws Hotel is a full-service pet salon and boarding kennel.Paws and Claws has an interactive website where customers can directly book a grooming appointment,obedience class,or overnight accommodations for their dog or cat.Paws and Claws has several unexpected services,such as a 600-square foot swimming pool,complete with slide and dog-friendly graduated steps to help them exit the pool.Customers can also drop their dog or cat off each morning for pet day care.Paws and Claws has a pick-up and delivery service,webcams in every kennel so that pet families can view their pets while away,and pet "furniture" so that the cats and dogs can lie on sofas just like at home.Paws and Claws is also open 24 hours a day,365 days each year so that customers can pick up their pet at any time.
The cost for an overnight stay at Paws and Claws averages $50,compared to competing kennels at about $30.The day care costs are $25 for either a dog or cat.The majority of Paws and Claws' competitors don't offer the day care service,and require an two-day minimum for overnight stays.
Informal discussions with customers led to the addition of pet day care and 24-hour hours of operation.Previously,Paws and Claws was more interested in competing based on its prices.
-Refer to Scenario 1.2.Previously,Paws and Claws was most likely using a ____ orientation,while now it is now in the process of employing the _______.
Proximate Cause
The direct or immediate cause of an event or outcome, as opposed to more distant or ultimate causes.
Innate Behavior
Behaviors that are hardwired into an organism's biology and that an organism performs correctly the first time in response to a stimulus, without prior experience or learning.
Operant Conditioning
A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.
Classical Conditioning
A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.
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