Understanding the Ways People Act and Interact Within Organizations Provides

question 14

Multiple Choice

Understanding the ways people act and interact within organizations provides three key advantages. Which of the following is not one of the three key advantages?

• A) explaining behavior
• B) predicting behavior
• C) influencing behavior
• D) controlling behavior

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is expected to change or respond as a result of manipulations of the independent variable.

Manipulates

To control or influence a person, situation, or system cleverly, unfairly, or unscrupulously, often to gain an advantage.

Independent Variable

In an experiment, the variable that is manipulated to observe its effect on a dependent variable.

Treatment Variable

A variable manipulated by researchers in an experiment to determine its effect on an outcome measure; also known as the independent variable.