A Human Resources Manager Is Considering Changing Her Company's Vacation

question 110

Multiple Choice

A human resources manager is considering changing her company's vacation policy. Before she makes a proposal to the senior executive team, she researches the vacation policies of other leading companies in her industry. This is an example of

• A)benchmarking.
• B)demographics.
• C)inputs.
• D)buffering.
• E)smoothing.

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Definitions:

Little Albert

An experiment conducted by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner demonstrating classical conditioning by inducing a phobic response in an infant.

Behaviorism

A field of psychology that focuses on observable behaviors rather than on mental processes, and posits that all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment.

Basic Conditioning Principles

The foundational rules of learning through association, including classical and operant conditioning, which explain how behaviors are acquired or modified.

Heredity

Heredity is the transmission of traits and characteristics from parents to offspring through genes, influencing various aspects of an individual's physical appearance and behavior.