Dominic Is at a Job Interview Sitting Across from the Company's

question 3

Multiple Choice

Dominic is at a job interview sitting across from the company's CEO,Ms.Bing.While she takes a phone call,Dominic tries to recall her first name.Her business card is on the desk,but its orientation is not facing Dominic straight on.The business card has the initial of Ms.Bing's first name,so Dominic mentally rotates that initial letter into a straight-up orientation.For which angle (compared to the final straight-up orientation) would you predict Dominic would be fastest in identifying the initial?

• A)30 degrees
• B)60 degrees
• C)90 degrees
• D)180 degrees

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

Learned helplessness is a condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed, resulting in resignation and passive behavior.

Avoidance Learning

A type of learning where a subject learns to perform behaviors in order to prevent or avoid an unpleasant stimulus.

Aversive Conditioning

A form of learning in which an unpleasant or harmful stimulus is associated with a particular behavior to reduce or eliminate that behavior.

Latent Learning

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