A Particular Organization Uses a Forced Ranking System to Appraise

question 35

Multiple Choice

A particular organization uses a forced ranking system to appraise employees.As a peer appraiser,why might an employee be tempted to give colleagues a low rating?

• A) Rating errors can be balanced out.
• B) A limited amount of merit pay is available.
• C) Conflict and ill will among peers is reduced.
• D) You can all benefit if you rate each other low.

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Definitions:

Avoidance

A coping mechanism involving the action of staying away from certain situations, activities, or people to prevent discomfort or anxiety.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A form of learning where a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, causing the new stimulus to elicit the conditioned response without a direct association.

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a conditioned response diminishes and eventually disappears as a result of the conditioned stimulus being presented without the unconditioned stimulus.