A supervisor told a salesperson who had not made any calls to clients and therefore did not make quota, "Well, if this continues in the next 30 days, you'll probably be let go." The supervisor provides an example of _____ by presenting the likely negative outcome to the salesperson.
A. negative reinforcement
B. punishment
C. extinction
D. intrinsic motivation
E. positive reinforcement
B. punishment
Punishment is the process of weakening behavior by presenting something negative or withdrawing something positive.
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a. In many states a parent must sign a minor's application to get a driver's license. b. Parents are often made liable by statute for the injuries caused by negligence of their minor children while driving an automobile. c. both of the above d. none of the above
If you wanted to compute the correlation between two interval-level variables, which type of correlation should you use?
a.Point biserial b.Phi c.Spearman rank d.Pearson
When iteration is indicated for an element or a group of elements in the data dictionary:
A) a simple sequence of structured English statements is all that is necessary. B) an IF..THEN...ELSE structured must be present in the structured English statements. C) DO WHILE, DO UNTIL, or PERFORM UNTIL structured English statements must be included. D) a decision table must be used to depict the logic.
In which of the following revenue models does a website charge a fee for access to some or all of its offerings on a continual, regular basis?
A) Subscription B) Advertising C) Transaction fee D) Sales E) Affiliate