Rick Just Left His Company of 25 Years to Go

question 52

Multiple Choice

Rick just left his company of 25 years to go to work for a competitor.Rick's change in jobs reflects which aspect of the work-retirement relationship?

• A) Phased retirement
• B) Bridge employment
• C) Permanent employment
• D) Hesitant retirement

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

The process of learning in which the vigor of an action is transformed by applying punishments or reinforcements.

Reinforcers

In operant conditioning, stimuli that increase the frequency of the behavior they follow, either through positive reinforcement (adding a stimulus) or negative reinforcement (removing a stimulus).

Operant Conditioning

An approach to teaching where alterations in behavior magnitude are realized through positive or negative feedback.

Skinner Box

An experimental apparatus used by B.F. Skinner in the study of animal behavior, allowing systematic study of behavioral conditioning.