Devil's Advocacy Is the Process of Assigning Someone to Play

question 78

True/False

Devil's advocacy is the process of assigning someone to play the role of critic to voice possible objections to a proposal.

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Definitions:

Punishment

The imposition of a penalty as a response to an undesired behavior, intended to discourage future occurrences of such behavior.

Negative Consequences

Results of a behavior that a person finds unattractive or aversive.

360-degree Feedbacks

A performance appraisal method that collects feedback from all directions: supervisors, peers, subordinates, and sometimes external sources like customers.

Reinforcements

In behavioral psychology, stimuli which, when presented after a behavior, increase the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.