The Use of Personality Tests in Hiring Can Lead to the Creation

question 16

True/False

The use of personality tests in hiring can lead to the creation of heterogeneous organizations.

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcers

Stimuli that, when presented after a behavior, increase the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing properties through association with primary reinforcers.

Shaping

A method used in behavioral training and psychology to gradually teach new behaviors through reinforcement of successive approximations toward the target behavior.

Latent Learning

A form of learning that is not immediately expressed in an overt response; it occurs without obvious reinforcement to be applied later when needed.