AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Taylor studied every day for brief amounts of time during the whole unit to prepare for her tests. She clearly was doing:
A
automatic processing
B
effortful processing
C
working memory processing
D
haptic recall reconstruction
E
parallel processing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taylor’s philosophy focused on the belief that making people work as hard as they could was not as efficient as optimizing the way the work was done. In 1909, Taylor published “The Principles of Scientific Management .” [1] In this, he proposed that by optimizing and simplifying jobs, productivity would increase.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taylor believed that there was only one best method maximize efficiency. Taylor advised that every organisation should compare the results of different methods, test them again and again and finally select one best method of getting the work done.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ans. Science, not rule of thumb It advocates that there is only one best method to maximise efficiency and this method should substitute rule of thumb throughout the organisation.

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