Which of the Following Statements Is True of Random Assignment

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of random assignment?

• A) It assigns employees to a training program without considering their individual differences.
• B) It results in an unequal distribution of individual characteristics, such as age and gender.
• C) It increases the effects of employees dropping out of the study.
• D) It increases the differences between the training group and comparison group.

---

Definitions:

Shaping

A method used in behavioral psychology to gradually teach new behaviors through the use of reinforcement for successive approximations to the desired behavior.

Discriminative Stimulus

A specific cue or stimulus in the environment that signals the availability of reinforcement or punishment, guiding behavior accordingly.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a stimulus that increases the probability of a behavior being repeated.

Operant Conditioning

A learning principle where behaviors are influenced by the consequences that follow, such as rewards or punishments.