Which of the Following Would Be an Example of a "Soft

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be an example of a "soft" form of affirmative action?

• A) Giving preference to job applicants of color, but not considering gender in evaluating applications
• B) Taking into consideration the socioeconomic status of college applicants, but not their racial background
• C) Outreach programs intended to recruit applicants from underrepresented groups
• D) A firm quota that stated that 50 percent of all new employees at a firm must be female

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Definitions:

Habituation

A psychological learning process wherein there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it.

Acquisition Behavior

A behavioral psychology term referring to the process of learning new behaviors, often through conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response which is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his research on classical conditioning, demonstrating how organisms can learn to associate neutral stimuli with reflexive responses.