Suppose that you are working as an industrial/organizational psychologist for a company. You've determined that the employees tend to be too confident about sales decisions that later turn out to be unwise
Remembering what you learned in your cognitive psychology course, your wisest decision would be to
a. use the crystal-ball technique.
b. use the meta-analysis technique.
c. emphasize that the employees should try to find more information that confirms their beliefs, rather than disconfirming those beliefs.
d. emphasize that the employees need to review the principles of propositional calculus.
Ans: a
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