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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".
-Are A and B independent?


Definitions:

Drive Reduction Theory

A psychological concept that suggests motivation arises from the desire to reduce an uncomfortable internal state caused by unmet needs.

Homeostasis

The self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival.

Arousal Theory

A theory suggesting that people are motivated to maintain an optimal level of arousal, which varies from one individual to another.

Maslow's Hierarchy

A theory in psychology proposed by Abraham Maslow that presents a hierarchy of human needs, from basic physiological needs to self-actualization.

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