Derrick Is Evaluating the Information He Found on a Web

question 42

Multiple Choice

Derrick is evaluating the information he found on a Web site before he includes it in his business report.He asks, "When was this Web site last updated?" What is Derrick evaluating?

• A) The currency of the Web site
• B) The authority of the Web site
• C) The content of the Web site
• D) The accuracy of the Web site

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Definitions:

Complexity-Extremity Effect

A psychological phenomenon where the complexity of a situation influences the extremity of individuals' judgments or perceptions.

Halo Effect

A cognitive bias in which an observer's overall impression of a person, company, brand, or product influences their feelings and thoughts about that entity's character or properties.

Primacy

The principle that the first items presented in a series are more likely to be remembered than those that follow.

Recency

The principle that the most recently presented items or experiences are likely to be remembered best.