People who violate the sunk cost principle often
a. attribute random fluctuations in the stock market to predictable causes, thereby increasing the likelihood thatself-fulfilling prophecies will occur
b. feel entrapped by their own initial commitments to some failing course of action but continue to pursue it in aneffort to justify their prior decisions.
c. wait too long before making their investment decisions, thereby passing up the opportunity to buy stocks whenthey are least expensive.
d. base their decisions purely on economic rules and ignore the psychological implications of their actions.
b
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a) delusions b) hallucinations c) obsessions d) compulsions
If the null hypothesis is true, then the alternative hypothesis _____
a. must also be true c. might be true b. cannot be true d. cannot say
__________ cannot be explained by drive-reduction theory
a) a tendency to seek homeostasis b) the desire to reduce drives c) sensation-seeking behaviors d) being motivated to reduce tension
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