Your Instructor Has Offered Class Members Bonus Marks for Volunteering

question 23

Multiple Choice

Your instructor has offered class members bonus marks for volunteering as campus tour guides. This is referred to as which type of performance pay plan?

• A) Goal sharing
• B) Merit
• C) Special-purpose incentive
• D) Commission

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A form of conditioning where a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, leading to a response even without the presence of the original, unconditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Substitution

A concept in conditioning where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.

Fixed Interval

A reinforcement schedule that rewards the first response following the passage of a specified time interval.

Variable Interval

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed, leading to a steady rate of response.