Kelly has just been hired as a server at a seafood restaurant. Since this is her first job as a server, her manager has instructed her to follow Mark, an experienced server, for an entire shift to learn how to do the job. Kelly is: _______.
A)observing
B)shadowing
C) copying
D) mimicing

Question

Kelly has just been hired as a server at a seafood restaurant. Since this is her first job as a server, her manager has instructed her to follow Mark, an experienced server, for an entire shift to learn how to do the job. Kelly is: _______.
A)​observing
B)shadowing
C) ​copying
D) ​mimicing

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Kelly is following Mark throughout the shift, observing how he does the job in order to learn from his experience. This is known as shadowing. The other options, copying and mimicking, imply that Kelly is simply copying Mark's actions without understanding why she is doing them, which is not the purpose of shadowing.

Kelly Has Just Been Hired as a Server at a Seafood