When a Control System Prompts Employees to Do Only Tasks

question 141

Multiple Choice

When a control system prompts employees to do only tasks required in their formal job descriptions,it is causing

• A)excessive subordination.
• B)tactical behaviors.
• C)rigid bureaucratic behaviors.
• D)resistance to supervision.
• E)resistance to change.

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Definitions:

Avoidance Procedure

A behavioral training method where learning occurs through the avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus.

Aversive Stimulation

A psychological technique that uses unpleasant stimuli to reduce or eliminate undesirable behaviors.

Positive Reinforcer

A stimulus which, when presented after a behavior, increases the probability of that behavior being repeated.

Laughing

The action of making spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of contempt or derision.