Scenario 19-2 Travis, a Student at a Community College, Is Considering What

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Scenario 19-2
Travis, a student at a community college, is considering what he should do for summer employment. Two recruiters show up at his school in search of summer workers. Recruiter A is looking for workers to help a disaster relief agency distribute food aid in Africa. Recruiter B is looking for custodial help to clean motel rooms in a motel located near the entrance to a famous national park.
-Refer to Scenario 19-2. Travis is carefully considering the options that each recruiter presents. On the basis of knowledge obtained in his economics class, Travis concludes that

• A)if the motel job requires some night shift work, wages will be lower than otherwise.
• B)the job that is more fun will have a higher wage.
• C)if the motel job doesn't require any special skills, the wage offer will be lower than otherwise.
• D)All of the above are correct.

Apply theoretical concepts to analyze individual cases, identifying psychological motivators and personality development.

Explain Rogers's concept of conditions of worth and how it influences personal decisions and behavior.

Understand and apply Bandura's concept of reciprocal determinism to explain behavior changes.

Grasp the guidance Erikson's theory offers to parenting and its practical applications.

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Definitions:

Exposure

The act of making something visible or subjecting someone to an experience or influence.

Attention

The mental ability to focus on a single element of one's surroundings while disregarding other stimuli.

Weber's Law

A principle of perception that states the change in a stimulus that will be just noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus.

Psychophysics

The scientific study of the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce in the human mind.