If Your Initial Reaction to a Person Is Negative

question 45

Multiple Choice

If your initial reaction to a person is negative,

• A) mere exposure will help you to gradually overcome that impression.
• B) mere exposure will help you to rapidly overcome that impression.
• C) mere exposure will most likely increase the intensity of that impression.
• D) mere exposure will lead gradually to a tolerant indifference to that person.

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Definitions:

Desired Behaviour

Specific actions or reactions that an organization aims to encourage or instill in its employees or members.

Punishment Effective

Punishment effective describes the extent to which a penalizing action achieves the desired outcome of altering behavior to conform to expected norms or rules.

Negative Reinforcement

The strengthening of behaviour by making the avoidance of an undesirable consequence contingent on its occurrence.

Operant Conditioning

The control of behaviour by manipulating its consequences.