People Who Spend More Time and Effort Investigating the Advantages

question 43

Multiple Choice

People who spend more time and effort investigating the advantages and disadvantages of different automobile models when they go to purchase one than they do investigating the strengths and weaknesses of presidential candidates are saying, in effect, that

• A) a good car is more important to their well-being than a good president.
• B) they expect to use the information on the merits of alternative cars to greater personal advantage than they could information on the merits of alternative presidential candidates.
• C) they are irrational, because the choice of a president is obviously far more important than the choice of a car.
• D) they do not think it matters who is elected president.

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Definitions:

Work-Family Conflict

A form of conflict where the demands of work and family roles are mutually incompatible, leading to stress and tension.

Decreased Work Performance

A decline in the efficiency, effectiveness, or quality of work produced by an individual or group.

Job Demands

The physical, psychological, social, or organizational aspects of a job that require sustained physical and/or psychological effort.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that a particular event will occur, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.