Taking a Disagreeing Perspective Improves the Accuracy of People's Quantitative Estimates.

Many decisions rest on people's ability to make estimates of unknown quantities. In these judgments, the aggregate estimate of a crowd of individuals is often more accurate than most individual estimates. Remarkably, similar principles apply when multiple estimates from the same person are aggregated, and a key challenge is to identify strategies that improve the accuracy of people's aggregate estimates.

The Reputational Consequences of Generalized Trust.

The present research examines the reputational consequences of generalized trust. High-trust individuals are seen as moral and sociable, but not necessarily competent. When controlling for other traits, there is a negative relationship between trust and perceived competence (Studies 1 and 2).

[Social assistance to the laryngectomized. Concerning a survey of 150 operated persons].

The authors communicate the result of an inquest on 150 laryngectomized patients, members of their hospital rehabilitation center. A statistical study was made on the correlation between the different factors which may influence the results. The inquest shows that information of the patient, his family and occupational environment is not effective enough.