Suppose you work at a nice restaurant downtown. You work hard, bus tables quickly, and refill the customers' drinks when the other wait staff are busy. You do more than your fair share of work with a smile. However, your boss gives a customer service award to a lazy waiter who doesn't work as hard as you do. Although this colleague contributes very little to the restaurant, his father used to be on the local football team and the boss is very interested in this fact. This example is most similar to the process of
A) blocking.
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) latent inhibition.
D) sensory preconditioning.

Question

Suppose you work at a nice restaurant downtown.  You work hard, bus tables quickly, and refill the customers' drinks when the other wait staff are busy.  You do more than your fair share of work with a smile.  However, your boss gives a customer service award to a lazy waiter who doesn't work as hard as you do.  Although this colleague contributes very little to the restaurant, his father used to be on the local football team and the boss is very interested in this fact.  This example is most similar to the process of
A) blocking.
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) latent inhibition.
D) sensory preconditioning.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The example is most similar to the process of blocking because the boss's behavior is influenced by the fact that the lazy waiter's father used to be on the local football team, rather than by the waiter's actual performance.

Suppose You Work at a Nice Restaurant Downtown