Selection Tools Such as Application Blanks,interviews,and Reference Checks

question 22

Multiple Choice

Selection tools such as application blanks,interviews,and reference checks:

• A)Are very useful in building a job description.
• B)Are used heavily in the recruiting stage of the selection process.
• C)Are used to help measure each applicant against predetermined hiring qualifications.
• D)Can be bypassed by sales managers who are good at judging people.
• E)None of these is true.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

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Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.