Scenario C

question 24

Multiple Choice

Scenario C.Creekside Robotics Corp.provides free lunch to its employees every day.The work environment is informal and friendly,which allows everyone to get to know each other.The company also holds a recreational event the last weekend of every month.Although the employees are all satisfied with these practices,the company implements a new incentive scheme to give cash rewards to employees who perform well.The company's goal is to keep its employees motivated.
-By providing free lunch to its employees every day,Creekside Robotics Corp is satisfying the employees' ________ needs.

• A)physiological
• B)self-actualization
• C)ego
• D)security
• E)social

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Definitions:

Potentiation

The enhancement of a conditioned response (CR) to a nonsalient stimulus when a salient stimulus is also paired with the unconditioned stimulus (UCS).

Acquisition of Extinction

The process in conditioning when the conditioned response is reduced and eventually disappears as the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure; a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out complex routine operations.

Mackintosh's Attentional Theory

A theory proposing that the allocation of attention during learning is influenced by the predictability of stimuli, affecting conditioning strength.