Consider This Scenario: You Are Hired as the Sonar Technician

question 6

Essay

Consider this scenario: you are hired as the sonar technician on an oceanographic research vessel. The ship is moving at a constant speed on a linear survey. Your echo-sounding equipment gives you the following dataset over the course of the 170-km transect:

Recall that the average speed of sound waves in water is 1500 meters per second. What submarine feature has been documented by these data? Interpret the dataset as fully as possible.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

A common cognitive bias that causes individuals to attribute their successes to internal factors and their failures to external factors.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that influences behaviors in a way that causes the belief to become a reality.

Projection

A defense mechanism where an individual ascribes their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.

Social Responsibility

The duty of individuals, organizations, or governments to act in a manner that benefits society at large, beyond their own interests.