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@Brianna17

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Describe how one might reduce cognitive errors in processing social information.
 
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Question 2

Janae is doing an interview with a series of prospective employees. She asks each candidate the same questions in the same order and rates their answers on a predetermined rating scale. Janae is conducting a(n) ____ interview.
 
  a. affective
  b. normative
  c. structured
  d. unstructured



mcarey591

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Answer to Question 1

a . The general notion of how to reduce errors, or debias thinking, is to reduce dependency on automatic processing and increase the deliberate processing of information. Several strategies are available for doing so.
i. Try to think of multiple alternatives.
ii. Try to rely less on memory.
iii. Try to use explicit decision rules.
iv. Search for disconfirmatory information.
v. Use meta-cognition to reflectively evaluate thought processes and strategies.

Answer to Question 2

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