Managers Often Initiate Small,incremental Improvements Based on Existing Solutions Instead

question 132

True/False

Managers often initiate small,incremental improvements based on existing solutions instead of creating new approaches to identify an underlying problem.

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Definitions:

Extinction

The gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Successive Approximations

A behavior training process where closer and closer approximations to a desired behavior are reinforced until the desired behavior is achieved.

Shaping

A method of conditioning by which successive approximations towards a desired behavior are reinforced, gradually guiding the behavior closer to the target.

Contingency Management

A behavioral intervention strategy that modifies the consequences of behaviors to increase or decrease those behaviors.