You Are About to Conduct a Screening Interview with a Job

question 23

Multiple Choice

You are about to conduct a screening interview with a job applicant.Which of the following is/are relevant in your case?

• A)You should make up questions as the interview progresses since no single list of questions will be relevant for all applicants.
• B)You should caution the candidate about the wisdom of pursuing the present career.
• C)You should describe the job in detail.
• D)A and B
• E)A and C

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Definitions:

Conditioning

Conditioning is a process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus.

Stimulus Presentation

The act of introducing a stimulus to a subject's sensory medium (e.g., visual, auditory) to provoke a response or examine the subject's behavior in psychological experiments.

Schedule of Reinforcement

A plan or strategy in behavioral psychology for determining which responses will be reinforced to shape or modify behavior.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning strategy in which a reward is not administered every time the desired behavior is performed, often leading to more resistant behavior change.