Bonnie Patterson Is a Manager for Seven Years at Wayne

question 79

Multiple Choice

Bonnie Patterson is a manager for seven years at Wayne and Watson, a legal consultancy firm. A good part of her work day involves holding meetings and she likes to get work on a time-bound schedule. For this reason, members of her team receive the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, followed by some time to contemplate over the issue at hand individually. Subsequently, the team members present their ideas one after the another, the group discusses them together, and lastly, a ranking is done to choose the most favored idea. This represents the ________ approach of group decision making.

• A) nominal group
• B) groupthink
• C) brainstorming
• D) reference group
• E) interacting

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Definitions:

Henry Molaison (H.M.)

A patient who became an important case study in the understanding of memory after undergoing a surgical procedure that left him with severe anterograde amnesia.

Explicit Memories

Memories that can be consciously recalled, such as facts and events, and are part of the declarative memory system.

Long-Term Memory (LTM)

In the three-box model of memory, the memory system involved in the long-term storage of information.

Short-Term Memory (STM)

In the three-box model of memory, a limited-capacity memory system involved in the retention of information for brief periods; it is also used to hold information retrieved from long-term memory for temporary use.