Team Production Is a Limiting Factor as a Solution to Incentive

question 8

Multiple Choice

Team production is a limiting factor as a solution to incentive problems since:

• A) entire teams may be inefficient.
• B) some team members may choose to shirk and let the rest carry the load.
• C) some team members never get along and start back biting.
• D) some team members may perceive the team leader to be a moron.

Grasp the principle of anticipatory goal responses and their development.

Distinguish between central and peripheral theories concerning motivation states.

Identify conditions under which rats demonstrate behavioral responses for non-nutritional rewards.

Understand the role of contiguity in establishing stimulus-response (S-R) associations.

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Definitions:

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning strategy wherein a reward is not administered every time the desired behavior is performed, making a behavior more resistant to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A method of learning that entails giving a reward after every desired behavior.

Ratio Schedule

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.

Partial Reinforcement Effect

The tendency for a response that is reinforced after some, but not all, correct responses to be very resistant to extinction.