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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.

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Suppose you have a friend who is just beginning college, and she plans to go to school half-time. She estimates that she will earn her bachelor's degree in about 7 years, rather than 8 years. It is most likely that she
 
  a. is avoiding the use of the recognition heuristic.
  b. is using a syllogism inappropriately.
  c. is falling victim to the planning fallacy.
  d. should make better use of conditional reasoning.
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Wow! Thanks you for this correct set of answers, wasn't expecting it...
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My pleasure!
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