Match the Options Below with the Correct Phrases

question 33

Multiple Choice

Match the options below with the correct phrases:
-development

• A)a thorough investigation of a job that leads to a job description and job specification
• B)a reduction of pay, status, and responsibilities
• C)negatively singling out a demographic group by using employment criteria
• D)a goal-oriented and timely plan to give priority to hiring or promoting specific groups
• E)a personnel manager
• F)negotiations between employer and union
• G)the use of illegal criteria in making employment decisions against members of specific groups
• H)where employment applicants are screened and tested
• I)efforts to acquire knowledge, skills, etc., to improve employee performance
• J)various types of financial pay to employees
• K)a study to determine job worth and level of compensation
• L)legislation to protect against discrimination
• M)compensation above and beyond pay

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Definitions:

Punishment By Removal

The punishment of a response by the removal of a pleasurable stimulus.

Negative Reinforcement

A response or behavior is strengthened by stopping, removing, or avoiding a negative outcome or aversive stimulus.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process through which a conditioned response is weakened by presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus, eventually leading to the response diminishing or disappearing.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, influencing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.