A Supervisor Openly Disagrees with an Employee's Suggestions During a Staff

question 31

Multiple Choice

A supervisor openly disagrees with an employee's suggestions during a staff meeting.The employee's behavior represents the defense mechanism of displacement when he does which of the following actions?

• A)Assertively confronts the supervisor
• B)Abruptly leaves the staff meeting
• C)Angrily criticizes a coworker
• D)Takes the supervisor to lunch

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Definitions:

Payoff

The return or reward received from an investment or action.

Nash Equilibrium

A concept in game theory where each player's strategy is optimal given the strategies of all other players, leading to a situation where no player can benefit by changing strategies unilaterally.

Dominant Strategy

A strategy in game theory that yields the best outcome for a player, regardless of what strategies other players choose.

Nash Equilibrium

A concept in game theory where each player's strategy is optimal, given the strategies of other players, and no player has an incentive to deviate unilaterally.