Moriarty Rejects the Desert View in Favor of Current Levels

question 13

True/False

Moriarty rejects the Desert view in favor of current levels of CEO because he believes that the ability of CEO's to affect company performance is largely constrained by forces outside of their control.

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

The process of acquiring new behaviors or knowledge by watching and imitating others, also known as modeling.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which behavior is strengthened or weakened by the consequences, such as rewards or punishments.

Behaviorism

The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most psychologists today agree with the first part but not with the second part.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response.