Research by Woolley and colleagues (2008) suggest that when it comes to expertise and planning,
a. groups with experts can typically get away with not planning their strategy ahead of time, with little adverseeffect on performance.
b. groups that create a clear plan for how to address a problem don't enjoy any extra benefits from havingexperts as members.
c. expertise is much more important than planning when it comes to group performance.
d. only groups that had experts and planned their actions ahead of time did well on a complex task.
Question 2
Dr. Pinsker is conducting research that he hopes will lead to a reduction in gender biases that impact women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) courses. Because it is designed to contribute to the solution of a real world problem, Dr. Pinsker's work is an example of ____ research.
a. applied
b. longitudinal
c. basic
d. experimental
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