Another name for operant conditioning is instrumental learning‚ introduced by Edward L. Thorndike 1913. Thorndike began studying “animal thinking”. Cat experiment: cat would perform a specific response‚ such as pulling a wire or a lever and was rewarded food after each escape. “law of effect” behavior is influenced by its consequences First book published‚ the behaviour of organisms 1938. Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat those responses that are followed by favourable consequences
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Christina Pellegrino MBA 677 Assignment 6.3 Bob’s Custom BBQs 1. Calculate the performance score for each of the three carriers. Performance Criteria Allied Transport Actual Score Best Freight Actual Score Certaint Carriers Actual Score On-time delivery 99.5% 40 98.7% 40 98.2% 32 Billing accuracy 99.3% 15 99.6% 15 98.2% 9 Loads with damaged claims 0.9% 20 1.6% 10 0.4% 25 Loads rejected 1.3% 8 2.1% 4 0.9% 10 Customer satisfaction ratings 4.6% 10 4.2% 8 3.9% 4 Total Score 93 77 80 2. Which
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Case study one The motivation in this case study is the Expectancy Theory. Theory states that the motivation of employees depends upon whether or not they believe that performing at a high level will lead to the reward they desire. Mary Ellen Sheets the owner of Two Men and a Truck did this when she started franchising the business. Sheets wanted everyone who invested in a franchise to succeed as she did. Sheets opened a school that taught the owners of the franchise and the employees everything
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Competency Goal Six To maintain a commitment to professionalism I will introduce daily opportunities for the children within the classroom to explore their surrounding world through play‚ examination‚ art and science activities and much more. The children will be encouraged to explore each center within the classroom; these centers will be set up based upon the theme of the week. There will be an art‚ library‚ block area‚ home living‚ manipulative and science/sensory center within the classroom
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile IND 3420 ESTRATEGIA COMPETITIVA Escuela de Ingeniería Profesor: Patricio del Sol Depto. Ingeniería Industrial y de Sistemas Alumno: Sebastián Cuevas Vial Caso 2: “Apple Computer” Pregunta 1: Históricamente‚ ¿cuáles fueron las mayores ventajas competitivas de Apple? En un inicio‚ las mayores ventajas competitivas de Apple fueron la simpleza operativa que tenia para el usuario y las graficas y sonido superiores en comparación con
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Karen Resotko September 10‚ 2013 History & Physical Cardiology He is a 47-year-old male who states that he has had a 7-year history of palpitations‚ which he describes as skipped‚ or fast beats. He states that the trigger is unclear. They can either last a few seconds‚ or several days‚ but he states also that he has had no rapid beating for sustained durations. He states that he also can get several episodes per month. He states also that he had an echo done seven years ago‚ when these symptoms
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1. Get new review forms and let the new review forms list a few goals for the employee to reach before the next review. 2. Another idea is a peer review‚ which would have everyone in the office fill out a review for each other but not put their name on the top. Then the person giving the review can put these together and get a better feel for how the people that work with the employee each day think they are doing. 3. Take Warren’s advice and expand the numbers to 10 to give the reviewer
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Part A Answer TRUE/FALSE. Explain your reasons. 1. Audit evidence is also referred to as an audit opinion. 2. The amount of evidence gathered is not important to an auditor since the quality of the evidence is of primary importance. 3. The extent of evidence gathered during an audit is affected by the auditor’s assessment of detection risk. 4. Analytical procedures are a type of substantive evidence. Part B 1. Reprocessing of transactions helps establish that all valid items have been recorded
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7.29 Effect of circumstances on audit opinion You are an audit partner finalising your 30 June 2015 audits. The following independent and material matters have come to your attention. 1. Food Fund Foundation‚ a charity‚ is a non-reporting entity. As in previous years‚ you have performed the audit in accordance with its constitution. The financial report is prepared by another firm of accountants on behalf of Food Fund’s board of directors‚ because Food Fund does not have the in-house expertise to
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Attitude: How one feels about something in general (I have a positive attitude towards basketball). Balance theory: the theory that people try to maintain balance among their beliefs‚ cognitions‚ and sentiments. Cognitive dissonance theory: the theory that inconsistencies between a person’s thoughts‚ sentiments‚ and actions create an aversive emotional state (dissonance) that leads to efforts to restore consistency. Effort justification: the tendency to reduce dissonance by finding reasons for
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