Professor Beamish Administers a Survey to Better Understand Stealing Behaviors

question 34

Multiple Choice

Professor Beamish administers a survey to better understand stealing behaviors that occur in the workplace.Even though the survey is administered anonymously,employees may still not respond truthfully.According to your text,this occurs because some people ____.

• A) believe the researcher may be tricking them
• B) do not like to admit embarrassing things about themselves
• C) realize they are part of a control group
• D) have not been randomly assigned

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Definitions:

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut in which the likelihood of an object belonging to a category is evaluated based on how similar it is to a typical object from that category.

Algorithms

Step-by-step procedures or formulas for solving problems or completing tasks, used in mathematics and computer programming.

Functional Fixedness

A cognitive bias that limits a person's ability to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used, preventing them from solving a problem in a creative manner.

Mental Set

A cognitive bias that limits a person to using an approach that has previously worked, even when a different approach might be more beneficial.