Which of the Following Best Captures the "Peter Principle

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best captures the "Peter Principle"?

• A) Through natural selection, incompetent employees tend to turn over.
• B) When promoting based on past performance and seniority, employees will be promoted regularly until they are promoted to a position where they cannot perform well.
• C) Incompetence breeds incompetence.
• D) Managers who are incompetent tend to produce situations where there are more grievances, more voluntary turnover, more absenteeism, and more harassment.

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Definitions:

Habituation

The process by which an organism decreases or ceases its responses to a repetitive or prolonged stimulus, indicating a basic form of learning.

Behavioral Contrast

occurs when a change in the conditions of reinforcement for one behavior leads to a change in the rate of responding for another behavior.

Disinhibition

The process by which a suppressed behavior is re-expressed following the removal or reduction of inhibition or restraint.

Habituation

The psychological process where there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it, signifying a form of learning or adaptation.