An Actor Asks an Agent to Place an Order for a Couch

question 51

Multiple Choice

An actor asks an agent to place an order for a couch on the agent's way back to work. This is an instance of ________.

• A) a dual-purpose mission
• B) frolic and detour
• C) coming and going
• D) self-dealing

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Definitions:

OB Mod

Organizational Behavior Modification, a theory that focuses on influencing individual or group behaviors within an organization through a system of rewards and punishments.

Punishment

The imposition of a penalty as a response to an undesirable behavior or action, aimed at reducing or eliminating that behavior.

Operant Conditioning

is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in psychology where an automatic conditioned response is paired with a specific stimulus, originally discovered by Ivan Pavlov.