A Manager Withholds Information to Make a Colleague Look Bad

question 33

Multiple Choice

A manager withholds information to make a colleague look bad by making an incorrect decision.What type of power is the manager using?

• A) coercive
• B) reward
• C) personal
• D) social

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus, but after conditioning, elicits a response through association.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural response to a stimulus that occurs without the need for prior learning or conditioning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.