In the Course of an Interview, Maury Is Asked About

question 25

Multiple Choice

In the course of an interview, Maury is asked about work at a preceding job he held.At that job, he actually had quite a bit of trouble getting along with the boss and had fairly low-level responsibilities.But in his response to the interviewer's question, Maury does not mention the trouble getting along with his supervisor and talks about how significant his responsibilities were to the organization's success.Which faking strategy (or strategies) is Maury using?

• A) Ingratiation
• B) Exaggeration
• C) Image protection
• D) Exaggeration and image protection

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Definitions:

Learned Association

Learned association refers to the process by which an individual learns to connect two stimuli together or a behavior and its consequence, often fundamental for learning habits and behavior conditioning.

Operant Conditioning

A learning strategy that enhances or diminishes behavior through the use of positive or negative feedback.

Resulting Events

Outcomes or occurrences that follow from specific actions or conditions.

Associative Learning

The process of learning in which a connection between two stimuli or between a stimulus and a response is learned.