Operant Conditioning Deals With

question 39

Multiple Choice

Operant conditioning deals with:

• A) controlling the autonomic nervous system.
• B) behaviors under the individual's conscious control.
• C) behaviors under the smooth muscle control.
• D) behaviors emitted by stimuli that occur before the response.
• E) behaviors not under the individual's conscious control.

Recognize the potential benefits of task conflict in enhancing team performance.

Differentiate between conditions that increase vs decrease the potential for conflict.

Understand the main causes of organizational conflict.

Distinguish between the types of organizational conflicts: relationship, task, and process conflicts.

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Definitions:

Sample Means

The average value calculated from a sample of data, which estimates the mean of the entire population.

Control Limits

Statistically determined lines on a control chart outside of which a process is considered to be out of control or unnatural variations.

Assignable Variation

Changes within a process stemming from particular causes, instead of occurring randomly.

Pooled Standard Deviation

A statistical measure used to estimate the standard deviation of two or more samples by combining variances in a weighted average.