A Study on Task Complexity with Respect to the Social

question 70

Multiple Choice

A study on task complexity with respect to the social information processing perspective of job design revealed that:

• A) objective task complexity must be distinguished from the subjective task complexity experienced by an employee.
• B) the cognitive information processing capability of an individual determines the objective complexity of a task.
• C) objective job characteristics are unimportant as motivators.
• D) the objective estimate of a task difficulty is the most important motivator.

---

Definitions:

Habituation

A decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations, indicating a form of learning that involves becoming accustomed to the stimulus.

Sensitization

An increase in behavioral response after exposure to a stimulus.

Higher-order Conditioning

A form of conditioning in which a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, leading to the acquisition of the same conditioned response without being directly paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Modeling

The process of learning behaviors by observing and imitating others, a key concept in social learning theory.