A Farmer Is Being Troubled by Coyotes Eating His Sheep

question 125

Multiple Choice

A farmer is being troubled by coyotes eating his sheep. In an attempt to solve the problem, he kills a sheep and laces its body with a nausea-inducing drug. He leaves the sheep out where he knows the coyotes roam. He hopes they will learn not to eat the sheep. The farmer is attempting to apply the principle of ________ to accomplish this.

• A)latent learning
• B)S-O-R learning
• C)conditioned taste aversions
• D)insight learning

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Definitions:

Open System

An open system is a system that regularly exchanges feedback with its external environment. Open systems are adaptive in nature because they react to changes in the environment.

Organizational Internal

Refers to processes, practices, or issues that occur within an organization, as opposed to external or outward-facing ones.

Subsystems

Smaller, component systems that operate within a larger system, each serving a specific function contributing to the overall functionality.

Single-Loop Learning

A process where organizations make adjustments based on mistakes or errors but do not question the underlying policies or objectives.