Quality Today

question 76

Multiple Choice

Quality today

• A) has become less visible.
• B) is often "baked in" to the management process.
• C) continues to be critically important to the survival and competitiveness of business.
• D) all of the above

Understand the concept of reinforcement and its types in Skinner's theory.

Identify behavior changes based on positive and negative reinforcements.

Discuss the impact of environment and reinforcement on behavior according to Skinner.

Explain the Adler's individual personality theory and compare it with Skinner's theory.

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Definitions:

Exemplar View

a theory in cognitive psychology suggesting that individuals categorize objects and ideas by comparing new experiences to specific examples stored in memory.

Superordinate Level

A high-level classification or grouping that is more abstract than its lower-level counterparts in hierarchical arrangements.

Nonanalytic Concept Formation

Cognitive processes that implicitly acquire knowledge of a complex structure during the memorization of examples.

Reber

Refers to psychologist Arthur Reber, known for his work on implicit learning and the cognitive unconscious, particularly how people can learn complex information without being aware of the learning process.