The Owner of a Toy Store Wants a Manager to Make

question 148

Multiple Choice

The owner of a toy store wants a manager to make several decisions about the placement of certain toys in the store. The decisions need to be made very quickly, and the owner has been impressed with the manager's ability to make similar decisions in the past. The owner is MOST LIKELY to suggest that the manager ________.

• A) bring in several people to help make the decisions
• B) work alone
• C) use nonprogrammed decision making
• D) utilize the Delphi technique

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Definitions:

Disinhibition

The process by which a suppressed behavior is re-expressed following the removal or reduction of inhibition or restraint.

Habituation

The psychological process where there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it, signifying a form of learning or adaptation.

Sensitization

A process by which a person becomes increasingly responsive or sensitive to a stimulus after repeated exposure to it.

Higher-order Conditioning

A form of learning in which a stimulus is first made meaningful or significant through classical conditioning and then that stimulus is used as a base for learning about additional stimuli.