In Employee Selection, a Variable Used to Select a Successful

question 34

Multiple Choice

In employee selection, a variable used to select a successful job candidate is referred to as a

• A) predictor.
• B) criterion.
• C) dependent variable.
• D) screener.

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes conditioned by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response to a specific stimulus becomes triggered by stimuli that are similar in nature.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through classical conditioning.