The Use of Excessive Quantities of Material in Manufacturing a Product

question 16

True/False

The use of excessive quantities of material in manufacturing a product causes an unfavorable materials quantity variance.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond only to the specific stimulus conditioned.

Generalization Gradient

Refers to the decrease in response strength as stimuli become less similar to the conditioned stimulus in classical or operant conditioning.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced, and in the absence of which that response will not be reinforced.

Reinforcement

An event (or termination of an event) that increases the frequency of the operant behavior that preceded it.