Applicants Looking for a Job at a Restaurant Chain May

question 9

Multiple Choice

Applicants looking for a job at a restaurant chain may apply to be a server or a kitchen worker. The table below summarizes the number of male and female applicants hired for the jobs for which they applied. The proportion of male applicants for a job as server that were hired is:

• A)0.067.
• B)0.133.
• C)0.2.
• D)0.4.

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Definitions:

Implementation Intention

A strategy for goal setting that involves forming a specific plan about when, where, and how to act in order to achieve an objective.

Emotional Processes

The mechanisms through which emotions are experienced, expressed, regulated, and understood.

Affective Forecasting

Predicting one’s emotional reactions to potential future events. These predictions are often inaccurate.

Self-discrepancy Theory

A theory in social psychology that describes how differences between individuals' actual, ideal, and ought selves can impact their emotional states.