Sarah Maguire has noticed at work that office meetings held in the late morning go more quickly than those scheduled after lunch.She tells her boss she'll bet that,if he holds his meetings at 11a.m,the group will spend moretime on the agenda and less discussing unrelated trivial matters .Sarah has just stated a/an:A operational definition
B theory
C hypothesis
D confirmation bias
I think correct answer is D but i am not sure:)))
I would agree with you.
I don't see how it can be D. A confirmation bias tends to be irrational, but your theory seems rational to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
By the way, that's why we used to have teachers' meetings before school because the ending time was preset. <g>
Sorry, I thought you said C....then I would agree with you. Have to clean my glasses !
The correct answer in this scenario is C, hypothesis.
A hypothesis is a proposed explanation or prediction based on observations or prior knowledge. It is typically used to guide further investigation or experimentation to determine if the hypothesis is true or false.
In this case, Sarah Maguire has observed that office meetings held in the late morning are more efficient than those held after lunch. She uses this observation to propose a hypothesis that if her boss schedules the meetings at 11 a.m., the group will spend more time on the agenda and less time discussing unrelated trivial matters. This is a statement that can be tested and validated or disproven through further observation or data collection.
Confirmation bias (option D) refers to the tendency to interpret or seek out information that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while disregarding or downplaying contradictory evidence. It doesn't apply to the scenario described.
In summary, the correct answer is C, hypothesis, because Sarah is proposing an explanation or prediction based on her observation.