Jim and Dylan Are Both Applying for the Same Job

question 18

Multiple Choice

Jim and Dylan are both applying for the same job.To the employer,both seem identical except for one feature: Jim has a university GPA of 2.75 and Dylan has a GPA of 3.5.The employer will likely

• A) flip a coin to decide who to hire.
• B) pick Dylan because he must be a better worker.
• C) pick Dylan because the employer believes a higher GPA means a better worker.
• D) ignore the difference in GPAs when deciding.
• E) not hire either.

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Definitions:

Self-efficacy

The belief in one's abilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations.

Reciprocal Determinism

Bandura’s explanation of how the factors of environment, personal characteristics, and behavior can interact to determine future behavior.

Locus of Control

The tendency for people to assume that they either have control or do not have control over events and consequences in their lives.

Reciprocal Determinism

A concept in psychology, proposed by Albert Bandura, that human behavior is influenced by personal factors, the environment, and behavior itself, all of which influence each other reciprocally.