Manuello Did an Experiment on Workers in an Insurance Company

question 69

Multiple Choice

Manuello did an experiment on workers in an insurance company to examine the effect of a new computer system on workers' attitudes and productivity.He had no control group.He noticed that as he simplified the computer system,worker productivity and positive attitude went up.He then complicated the computer system and monitored the workers closely,only to discover that their productivity and positive attitude again increased.What was probably at work?

• A)the Rosenthal effect
• B)a badly measured independent variable
• C)a badly measured dependent variable
• D)the Hawthorne effect
• E)the psychological effect

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Definitions:

Self-Stimulation Theory

A theory suggesting that behaviors are motivated by the intrinsic pleasure they provide.

Sexual Selection

A mode of natural selection where certain traits become more pronounced in a population because they are attractive to the opposite sex or aid in competitive success among the same sex.

Fecundity

the potential reproductive capacity of an individual or population, often measured by the number of offspring born.

Viability

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