If a Job Posting's Goal Was to Yield 20 Applications

question 110

Multiple Choice

If a job posting's goal was to yield 20 applications and it yields 10 applications but only 5 of them have the basic qualifications,what is the yield ratio?

• A)10:20 or 50%
• B)5:10 or 50%
• C)5:20 or 25%
• D)5% or10:20
• E)5% or 5:20

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Definitions:

Blocking Effect

A result showing that an animal learns nothing about a stimulus if the stimulus provides no new information.

Conditioning

A behavioral process whereby a response becomes more frequent or more predictable in a given environment as a result of reinforcement, with reinforcement typically being a stimulus or reward for a desired response.

Surprise

An emotional response to unexpected events or information, characterized by heightened interest and physiological arousal.

Conditioned Emotional Response

A type of learned response in which an emotional reaction is elicited by a previously neutral stimulus through conditioning.