Suppose That McDonald's Successfully Implements Self-Serve Kiosks in Their Restaurants

question 165

Multiple Choice

Suppose that McDonald's successfully implements self-serve kiosks in their restaurants, which allows the company to reduce the number of employees at each location.All else equal, this technological improvement would

• A)shift the supply curve for its products to the right.
• B)shift the supply curve for its products to the left.
• C)shift the demand curve for its products to the right.
• D)shift the demand curve for its products to the left.

Understand the blocking effect in classical conditioning.

Define and provide examples of events that affect the probability of a response, including reinforcers and punishment.

Describe the process of behavior modification through extinction and differential reinforcement.

Distinguish between different behaviorists’ views and the importance of intervening variables.

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