Exam 6: Motivation: Organizational Applications

Within the concept of operant conditioning,positive reinforces could include items such as raises,bonuses,or promotions but not less tangible things such as praise or encouragement.

Goal setting is not without its critics.What cautions would you give an organization considering implementing a goal setting program?

An assembly-line worker may believe that by behaving in a certain way she'll get certain things.This is a description of ___________.

___________ refers to the fact that we acquire much of our behavior by observation and imitation of others in a social context.

In the ABC operant mode,A designates the antecedent,B is the behavior,while C is the consequence.

The primary difference between "learning" and "social learning" is that learning results in a relatively enduring change while social learning does not.

__________ is an operant approach to organizational behavior.

A boss shouting at an employee over a late report is an example of ___________.

___________ is an undesirable consequence of a particular behavior.

The problem of "topping out" is typically associated with which of the following reward systems?

The idea that the consequences of behavior-reward or punishment-are critical in determining future behavior remains an important foundation for the use of operant conditioning in organizational settings.Use the terms of the theory to describe these consequences and provide an example of each.

The stages of the Kanfer model of self-regulation are ___________.

An example of negative reinforcement would be a professor assigning a penalty for late work.

Most people will readily attempt a job or task,even if they expect to be ineffective.

Managers can influence worker motivation.

Locke proposed that goal setting was a(n)____________________ process of some practical utility.

Punishment may be a poor approach to learning for because ____________.

In the United States,organizations typically spend _____ percent of their total compensation amount on employee benefits.

Research definitively establishes that participation in goal setting leads to increased commitment and performance.

Learning is one of the fundamental processes underlying behavior.