Larry Wants to Use Organizational Behavior Management to Help Motivate

question 1

Multiple Choice

Larry wants to use organizational behavior management to help motivate his employees. What is the first step he should take?

• A)identify what behaviors need to be changed
• B)measure the behaviors he wants to change in order to get a baseline
• C)evaluate the success of the intervention by comparing current behaviors to a baseline
• D)examine the links between the targeted behaviors and current rewards and punishments

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Definitions:

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon where the rate of response to a stimulus changes when the conditions of reinforcement for another stimulus are altered.

Eyeblink Conditioning

When a conditioned stimulus (CS) becomes able to elicit a conditioned eyeblink as a result of being paired with a puff of air or a brief electrical shock below the eye.

Extinction Procedure

A process in conditioning where a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears when the conditioned stimulus is presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was once neutral becomes capable of triggering a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.