When a National Union Chooses One Employer to "Target" and First

question 11

Multiple Choice

When a national union chooses one employer to "target" and first negotiates a new agreement with them, and then demands the same economic gains of others in the industry, it is known as:

• A) Industrial consistency.
• B) Stress negotiating.
• C) Pattern bargaining.
• D) Factor comparison.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging or discouraging certain behaviors.

Stimulus Generalization

In operant conditioning, the tendency for a response that has been reinforced (or punished) in the presence of one stimulus to occur (or be suppressed) in the presence of other similar stimuli.

Skills Training

In behavior therapy, an effort to teach the client skills that he or she may lack, as well as new constructive behaviors to replace self-defeating ones.

Modeling

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior from others, often a mechanism of learning in social contexts.