Which of the Following Statements Is True of Multifactor Productivity

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of multifactor productivity?

• A) It indicates a company's overall level of productivity relative to its competitors.
• B) It assesses how efficiently companies use only one input, such as labor, when creating outputs.
• C) It indicates the specific contributions that labor, capital, materials, or energy make to overall productivity.
• D) It helps managers in analyzing the contributions of individual components that determine productivity.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcer

A stimulus that satisfies basic survival needs and is inherently rewarding, such as food, water, or shelter, which does not require learning to be effective.

Secondary Reinforcer

A conditioned reinforcer that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer; examples include money, grades, or tokens.

Variable Interval

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed, making it a powerful tool in the study of operant conditioning.

Schedules of Reinforcement

Schedules of Reinforcement are the rules that determine how and when a behavior is reinforced in operant conditioning, critical in shaping and maintaining behaviors.