Which of the Following Is a Good Reason to Avoid

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a good reason to avoid delegating tasks?

• A)A wish to keep subordinates from taking risks.
• B)To avoid making subordinates deal with a difficult client.
• C)A desire to keep an enjoyable part of the job.
• D)A fear that sensitive personnel matters will not be kept private.
• E)A concern that subordinates could do a better job.

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Definitions:

Instinctive Drift

The phenomenon whereby an animal's learned behavior reverts to its natural instincts over time, often interfering with conditioned response training.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between similar stimuli based on their associations with different outcomes.

Extinction

In behavior psychology, the process where a conditioned response decreases or disappears after the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second, often weaker, conditioned response.