Productivity Relates to

question 207

Multiple Choice

Productivity relates to

• A) working harder over time.
• B) working longer over time.
• C) producing the same output with fewer labor hours.
• D) producing the same output with more labor hours.

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Definitions:

Reinforcers

Stimuli or events that increase the likelihood of the behavior that they follow, used in operant conditioning.

Law Of Effect

Thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely.

Shaping

A behavioral psychology technique of progressively reinforcing behaviors that approximate or lead towards a desired goal behavior.

Conditioned Reinforcement

A process where a stimulus gains the capacity to reinforce desirable behaviors through its association with a primary reinforcer.