Researchers Have Discovered That When the Closure of a Manufacturing

question 6

Multiple Choice

Researchers have discovered that when the closure of a manufacturing facility is announced,worker productivity briefly dips and then rises to higher levels than before the announcement was delivered.To better understand why productivity rises in manufacturing facilities after closure announcements,Tikvah Mindorff took a position as a welder inside a manufacturing facility that was in the process of shutting down and carefully observed her fellow workers and their situations.What kind of data collection technique has Tikvah employed in her research?

• A)field research
• B)historical research
• C)experimental research
• D)survey research
• E)content analysis

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Definitions:

Dishabituation

The renewal of a response, previously habituated, following the presentation of a new stimulus.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, influencing future behavior choices.

Classical Conditioning

A training procedure where a response initially provoked by a second stimulus comes to be triggered by the first stimulus after both are paired together repeatedly.

LEGO

A brand of plastic construction toys consisting of interlocking plastic building blocks.