Countervailing Power Refers To

question 96

Multiple Choice

Countervailing power refers to:

• A)a second source of power held by the power holder in case the main source of power is ineffective.
• B)the initial feeling of power employees experience when they are given more freedom and control over their jobs.
• C)the capacity to keep someone who is more powerful than you exchanged in the relationship.
• D)a method of measuring the number of times an employee uses his or her power each day.
• E)the ability of a person or department to gain more power through unethical organizational politics.

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Definitions:

Negative Punishment

In behavioral psychology, it refers to the removal of a desirable stimulus after a behavior occurs to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.

Instinctual Responses

Automatic, innate reactions to stimuli, driven by primal, survival-oriented impulses.

Learned Responses

Behaviors that are developed through conditioned learning or experience rather than instinct.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that has become reinforcing through its association with a primary reinforcer.