EPPP Psychology

Category - Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior

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Theories about reward and punishment based in classical and operant conditioning techniques have also been applied to the workplace. What has research about reward and punishment theories found to be true?

Positive punishment increases productivity.
Performance-contingent rewards increase productivity.
Non-performance contingent rewards increase satisfaction.
Performance-contingent punishment increases productivity.

Explanation

Answer: B - Reward and punishment theory concludes that performance-contingent rewards increase performance and overall satisfaction, while non-performance contingent rewards do not. Punishment in the workplace is not strongly linked with better performance.

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