The Civil Service System Was Created to Do Which of the Following

question 68

Multiple Choice

The civil service system was created to do which of the following?

• A) Ensure equal partisanship in filling government jobs
• B) Allow greater congressional control of the bureaucracy
• C) Increase presidential control over the bureaucracy
• D) Reduce the amount of politics in awarding government jobs
• E) Discourage incompetent job applicants from seeking government employment

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Learned Helplessness

A belief that nothing one does matters, derived from an experience of random or unpredictable reward and punishment, and theorized to be a basis of depression.

Stimulus-Response Associations

The concept in psychology that behavior is a reaction to environmental stimuli, where specific stimuli elicit specific responses.