You Graduated from College Two Years Ago and Began Working

question 84

Multiple Choice

You graduated from college two years ago and began working at Hampstead Electronics. You have received good performance evaluations and a raise. You just found out that a recent college graduate with no experience has been hired at a higher salary than you are now making.
-Which of the following will you probably use to evaluate this situation?

• A) equity
• B) expectancy
• C) goal setting
• D) reinforcement
• E) self-enhancement

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Definitions:

Emotional Responses

The psychological and physiological reactions to stimuli that are experienced as feelings such as happiness, anger, or sadness.

Negative Emotions

Feelings that are generally unpleasant and may include sadness, anger, fear, or frustration, impacting one's mental well-being.

Positive Or Negative

Terms used to describe the valence of various phenomena, including emotions, charges in physics, or results in testing.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A theoretical model describing the body's physiological response to stress in three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.