The Assumption That the Performance of Employees in a Department

question 81

Multiple Choice

The assumption that the performance of employees in a department correspond to the classic "bell shaped curve" is essential to the ____ method of performance appraisal.

• A) ranking
• B) forced distribution
• C) critical incident
• D) statistical

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Definitions:

Cues in Retrieval

Stimuli or signals that help bring a memory or piece of information to mind, facilitating the process of recalling information.

Cue-dependent Forgetting

The failure to recall information without memory cues, suggesting that the information is not lost but cannot be retrieved.

Proactive Interference

Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently learned material.

Decay

The gradual reduction or loss of information from memory over time when it is not used or rehearsed.