An Employer Asks Job Applicants How Much Experience They Have

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Multiple Choice

An employer asks job applicants how much experience they have had at various skills, but suspects that many applicants are lying. Which of the following methods could the employer use to determine which applicants are exaggerating their experience?

• A) Ask how many times the applicant has used each skill.
• B) Ask applicants to take the Rorschach Inkblot Test.
• C) Ask about their experience on nonexistent skills such as "matrixing solvency files."
• D) Ask applicants to fill out the application while under the influence of hypnosis.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.