People Who Receive Relatively High Pay Also Tend to Work

question 31

Multiple Choice

People who receive relatively high pay also tend to work in a relatively desirable work environment.This is probably because:

• A)employers have imperfect information
• B)highly paid and poorly paid workers are in noncompeting groups
• C)firms with desirable working conditions are operating off their normal isoprofit curves
• D)the differential required to compensate for high skill more than offsets the differential required for poor working conditions

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Definitions:

Contingency Management

A behavioral therapy technique that rewards positive behavior and discourages negative behavior by controlling the consequences of those behaviors.

Contingency Management

A type of behavioral therapy where certain behaviors are reinforced by providing or withholding rewards.

Primary Reinforcer

A naturally reinforcing stimulus, such as food or water, that satisfies a basic biological need without prior learning.

Variable-interval Schedule

A reinforcement schedule in which the first response is rewarded after a variable amount of time has passed.