Question

Four years ago, Acme Tool and Die included its employees in a profit-sharing plan in which workers started receiving quarterly bonuses based on the company's profits. Since this plan was initiated, worker productivity at the company has nearly doubled. This productivity increase is best explained in terms of

Answer 1

Operant conditioning.

Step-by-step explanation:

Operant conditioning is defined as an associative learning process where a behaviour is strengthened by reward, reinforcement or punishment. It is also called instrumental conditioning.

Association is made between a behaviour and the consequences of that behaviour.

In ACME tool the employees are given quarterly bonuses from profit sharing. This has led to increase in productivity.

The employees have been conditioned to associate bonuses with better performance. So they perform well in the job in order to get the bonus.