Hazel Gets Her Subordinates to Obey Her by Yelling at Them

question 94

Multiple Choice

Hazel gets her subordinates to obey her by yelling at them and threatening to fire them. Many of them have been written up for minor infractions, and most are afraid of her. In this case, we might argue that Hazel has:

• A)legitimate power.
• B)reward power.
• C)coercive power.
• D)referent power.

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Definitions:

Active Avoidance

The action of learning to evade a disliked stimulus by performing specific behaviors to ensure the stimulus is not encountered.

Aversive Events

Unpleasant or harmful events or stimuli that an individual seeks to avoid or escape.

Avoidance Conditioning

A learning process through which a subject learns to avoid an unpleasant or harmful stimulus by engaging in particular behaviors.

Passive Avoidance

A learning process in which an individual learns to avoid a stimulus or situation after experiencing or anticipating an unpleasant outcome.