The National Labor Relations Board

question 20

Multiple Choice

The National Labor Relations Board:

• A) was created by the Taft-Hartley Act.
• B) is a federal agency within the Department of Labor.
• C) is an independent federal agency created to administer U.S. labor law.
• D) is a federal board of union members who establish and control U.S. labor law.

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Definitions:

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing properties through their association with primary reinforcers, such as money getting its value from the things it can buy.

Schedules of Reinforcement

The specific patterns and timings of rewards or punishments that control the rate and timing of responses in operant conditioning.

Response Pattern

The characteristic manner in which an individual or system reacts to a specific stimulus or series of stimuli.

Preparedness

The concept that certain associations are learned more readily than others due to evolutionary predispositions.