A Car Wash Services 200 Customers in a 4-Hour Span

question 42

Multiple Choice

A car wash services 200 customers in a 4-hour span on a lovely Saturday afternoon. The car wash employs 5 washers at $6 per hour. An appropriate measure of productivity is:

• A)200 cars/hour.
• B)0.6 $/car.
• C)8.3 cars/$.
• D)1.7 cars/$.

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Definitions:

Punishment

A consequence given in response to an unwanted behavior, intended to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.

Contingency

A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty, often requiring planning for various outcomes.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process through which an innate response to a potent stimulus becomes triggered by a previously neutral stimulus.