Suppose You Are Working on a Project with Four People

question 153

Multiple Choice

Suppose you are working on a project with four people, and you need ideas about how to find research participants to complete a survey for free. Should you brainstorm ideas as a group or work independently?

• A)Brainstorm-productivity will be about the same, but morale will be higher.
• B)Brainstorm-both productivity and morale will be higher.
• C)This depends on your goals-brainstorming will be less productive, but will raise morale more.
• D)Work independently-morale will be about the same, and productivity will be higher.

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Definitions:

Consideration Failure

An oversight or neglect in thoroughly thinking through or regarding all aspects and consequences of a decision or action.

Encoding Failure

The inability to create a memory link because the information was not attended to or analyzed deeply enough.

Proactive Interference

The tendency for earlier learned material to interfere with the retention of new information.

Decay

The process of decline or deterioration over time, used in various contexts such as physical, biological, or psychological.