Tom has been told that he succumbs to the primacy effect at times. In order to offset this perceptual bias when making a decision, Tom needs to ______.
A. imagine that his decision is wrong
B. be willing to stand firm in his beliefs
C. avoid additional information that may contradict first impressions
D. be careful to process all available information
D. be careful to process all available information
You might also like to view...
Html
a. is the document format used to produce Web pages. b. controls Web browsers that access the Web. c. is used to connect to Usenet groups on the Internet. d. is used to transfer text files, programs, spreadsheets, and databases across the Internet. e. is a low-level encryption scheme used to secure transmissions in higher-level () format.
On average, how many students are standing directly in front of the soda machine?
The soda machine outside the lecture hall sees a steady stream of customers throughout the day. While the machine takes 4 seconds to deliver a can of carbonated sugar water once the button is pressed, the student customers introduce variation into the delivery process by pondering their selection for a while. Thus, we can safely say that the service time is governed by a negative exponential probability distribution that averages 10 seconds. Over the course of a twelve hour lecture day, students arrive at the rate of 240 per hour, Poisson distributed of course. A) 2 B) 1.33 C) 0.67 D) 0.5
A marketing manager wants to know if a "2 for 1" coupon will attract new customers. He will get the most persuasive results if he uses
A. a mail survey to ask consumers if they use coupons and why. B. a focus group to ask consumers if they like the idea. C. an experimental method in which only some consumers get the coupon and the purchases of the two groups (with and without coupons) are compared. D. personal interviewers to ask consumers how they will react. E. none of these would allow the manager to determine if the coupon will help get new customers.
"I'm here to see if you are adhering to the schedule." This statement best reflects ________.
A. Theory Y B. the halo effect C. Theory X D. the self-actualization theory