Author Question: New parents have left their child with a babysitter for the first time. When the mother used to ... (Read 128 times)

Deast7027 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

New parents have left their child with a babysitter for the first time. When the mother used to babysit as a teenager, she made two dollars an hour. She is sure if she increases that rate by 50, she is paying a fair rate.

When she pays the babysitter three dollars an hour, the babysitter is very upset that she was paid so poorly. This error is due to the mother using a/an ________,
A) representative heuristic
B) base rate
C) availability heuristic
D) anchoring and adjustment heuristic

Question 2

Criterion-related validity is determined by comparing the scores on selection tests to an aspect of job performance, such as quality of work.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.