Which of the Following Statements Is True of Objectives

question 85

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of objectives?

• A) Objectives of individual business units in a company tend to be stated in the most general terms.
• B) Objectives become more precise at the level of individual departments.
• C) Objectives at the highest level in an organization tend to be more specific.
• D) Objectives at the highest level in an organization are more concrete as they contain numerical targets.

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Definitions:

Blocking Effect

A result showing that an animal learns nothing about a stimulus if the stimulus provides no new information.

Conditioning

A behavioral process whereby a response becomes more frequent or more predictable in a given environment as a result of reinforcement, with reinforcement typically being a stimulus or reward for a desired response.

Surprise

An emotional response to unexpected events or information, characterized by heightened interest and physiological arousal.

Conditioned Emotional Response

A type of learned response in which an emotional reaction is elicited by a previously neutral stimulus through conditioning.