After Graduating from College, You Are Hired to Work in a Factory

question 131

True/False

After graduating from college, you are hired to work in a factory as an industrial psychologist. The workers put together IPODs. They can either be paid by the hour or by the number of IPODs they put together in a day. You decide that you will do the latter (pay by the number of IPODs put together). According to Skinner, you have put the workers on a fixed-ratio schedule.

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Definitions:

Stomach

A muscular organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many animals, responsible for digesting food by secreting acid and enzymes.

Small Intestine

A part of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and large intestine that is responsible for most of the digestion and absorption of nutrients.

Esophagus

The muscular tube that conducts food and liquids from the throat to the stomach.

Ileum

The third and final section of the small intestine, where further digestion and absorption of nutrients occurs, leading to the large intestine.