THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 100

Essay

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
A personnel officer for a firm that employs many part time salespeople tries out a sales aptitude test on several hundred applicants.Because the test is unproven,results are not used in hiring.Forty percent of applicants show high aptitude on the test and 12% of those hired both show high and achieve good sales records.The firm's experience shows that 30% of all salespeople achieve good sales.Let A be the event "shows high aptitude" and let B be the event "achieves good sales".
-What is P(A)?

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Definitions:

Frustration of Nonreward

The feeling of tension, dissatisfaction, or disappointment that arises when an anticipated reward or outcome does not materialize.

Motivation Generated

The process through which inner or external factors stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role, or subject.

Incentive Motivation

A theory in psychology that argues behavior is directed toward attaining desirable stimuli and avoiding unwanted stimuli.

Latent Learning

The subconscious retention of information without reinforcement or immediate application, which becomes apparent when a situation calls for it.