A Survey Conducted in January 2013 Found That the Median

question 6

Multiple Choice

A survey conducted in January 2013 found that the median pay effective January 1, 2013, for a clerk was $22,000 and that the forecast rate of wage increases in the market for 2013 was 5 percent and another 5 percent for 2014.An employer choosing to follow a lead strategy of 4 percent above the market for the plan year will need to _____.

• A)multiply the salary by 105 percent and then by 109 percent
• B)increase the clerk salary by $2,200
• C)multiply the salary by 109 percent
• D)multiply the salary by 114 percent

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

In traditional conditioning, a stimulus instinctively and spontaneously elicits a response without needing any previous learning.

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex; in psychology, it also refers to the ability to perceive and differentiate between stimuli.

Stimulus Generalization

The process in which a response that is originally elicited by a specific stimulus also becomes elicited by other, similar stimuli.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a stimulus which occurs because of previous conditioning.