Gainsharing Plans Differ from Profit-Sharing Plans in That They

question 33

Multiple Choice

Gainsharing plans differ from profit-sharing plans in that they:

• A)use organization-wide performance parameters.
• B)distribute payouts more frequently.
• C)make lump sum payments.
• D)can be attached to all types of jobs in the organization.
• E)discourage pursuit of broader goals of the group.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, through which associations are made between a behavior and the consequences for that behavior.

Extinction

In the study of psychology, this term describes the slow reduction and final elimination of a conditioned response due to the absence of pairing between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that have not been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

A training method where two signals are consistently associated with each other; a reaction initially triggered by the second signal ultimately becomes triggered by just the first signal alone.