A company gets a huge, one-time order. It needs an additional 40 employees to complete the job but will not need them once the job is done. The best strategy is for the company to:
a. not accept the new job
b. use temporary employees
c. hire and then layoff 40 employees
d. bring former employees out of retirement
b
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A professional journal that limited articles to studies that agreed with the editor's beliefs would be engaging in ____
a. publication bias b. metal-analysis c. evidence-based practice d. transparency
To obtain objective information, researchers sometimes must deceive their subjects. Ethically, research involving deception must always _________
a. pay participants b. maintain subject anonymity c. use double-blind control d. explain the deception to the subjects after the data are collected and obtain their informed consent to use the information obtained
Which of the following studies is most likely to be conducted by Cathy, who is majoring in biological psychology, for her honors thesis?
A. A computer model of humans' deductive reasoning processes B. The extent to which childhood peer experiences influence adult behavior C. The relationship between the neurotransmitter serotonin and happiness D. The social origins of major depressive disorders
The emotional loss that Anna felt when her son died kept her from eating, going to work, or caring for her other children. This emotional response is known as
A. denial. B. resolution. C. grief. D. bereavement.