Which Statement Is Supported by Research on the Social Information-Processing

question 80

Multiple Choice

Which statement is supported by research on the social information-processing view of job design?

• A) Group pressure is more important in the definition of task complexity than an objective measure.
• B) Daydreaming is more important than objective task complexity as an additional motivator.
• C) The subjective feedback of others may be more important to a person's motivation than an objective estimate of the task difficulty.
• D) An objective probability estimate is still the best estimate of a task's difficulty and consequently a good indicator of the potential motivational properties of a task.

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Definitions:

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