Unfreezing Refers To

question 105

Multiple Choice

Unfreezing refers to:

• A)getting one's own way in organizational politics.
• B)a management practice used to discourage newcomers from staying with the organization.
• C)ensuring that the change effort is diffused to others within the organization.
• D)improving organizational communication.
• E)producing a disequilibrium between the driving and restraining forces of change.

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Definitions:

B. F. Skinner

An American psychologist and behaviorist known for his work in developing the theory of operant conditioning, which uses consequences to modify the occurrence and form of behavior.

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Methodological Behaviorist

A perspective in psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and external environmental factors as the primary means of understanding and studying psychological phenomena.

Radical Behaviorist

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