Suppose That You Are Working as an Industrial/organizational Psychologist for a Company

question 103

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you are working as an industrial/organizational psychologist for a company. You've determined that the employees tend to be too confident about sales decisions that later turn out to be unwise. Remembering what you learned in your cognitive psychology course, your wisest decision would be to

• A) use the crystal-ball technique.
• B) use the meta-analysis technique.
• C) emphasize that the employees should try to find more information that confirms their beliefs, rather than disconfirming those beliefs.
• D) emphasize that the employees need to review the principles of propositional calculus.

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Definitions:

Formal Reports

Detailed documents that provide in-depth information and analysis on a specific topic, often used in professional and academic settings.

Data Analysis

The process of systematically applying statistical and logical techniques to describe, summarize, and evaluate data.

Formal Proposals

Official and detailed documents submitted to offer solutions or services to a problem or need, often in a business or academic context.

Chronological Organization

A method of organizing information or events in the order of their occurrence in time, from the earliest to the latest.