Job Enlargement Is Largely a Response To

question 65

Multiple Choice

Job enlargement is largely a response to:

• A)decreases in productivity
• B)a need to overcome the limitations of overspecialized work
• C)a need to re-engineer jobs due to an increase in the utilization of technology
• D)the disappointing affects of job rotation

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Definitions:

Punishment

A stimulus or event that decreases the likelihood of the behavior that it follows occurring again in the future.

Negative Reinforcers

Stimuli whose removal following a behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unfavorable outcome or stimulus increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.