Because he erroneously believes that older workers are not as motivated as younger workers to work hard, a factory foreman is especially vigilant for any signs of laziness among his senior workers. His supervision strategy best illustrates:

a) functional fixedness.

b) the availability heuristic.

c) the framing effect.

d) confirmation bias.

e) the representativeness heuristic.

f) None of the listed answers are correct

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Chucky

15 September, 03:29

Because he erroneously believes that older workers are not as motivated as younger workers to work hard, a factory foreman is especially vigilant for any signs of laziness among his senior workers. His supervision strategy best illustrates:

a) functional fixedness.

b) the availability heuristic.

c) the framing effect.

d) confirmation bias.

e) the representativeness heuristic.

f) None of the listed answers are correct

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Cheddar · Answer 1

d) confirmation bias.

Explanation:

Confirmation bias: Also known as confirmatory bias.

The confirmation bias is defined as a type of cognitive bias or emotive response that involves advocating information that confirms an individual's previously existing biases or beliefs. It can work as a discretion bias in collecting evidence.

Example: Consider an individual who believes that a right-handed person is less creative than the left-handed person.