The tendency for people to persist in failing investments to avert loss, which causes losses to mount, is known as the

a. endowment effect.
b. escalation effect.
c. sunk cost principle.
d. expectancy theory.


b

Psychology

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One advantage of a repeated measures experiment is that, compared with a between subjects experiment, it _____

a. generates more accurate data c. requires fewer participants b. neutralizes demand characteristics d. all of these

Psychology

A person who bathes at least 15 times per day is displaying

a. distress. b. irrationality. c. unpredictability. d. observer discomfort. e. unconventionality.

Psychology

There are more poor _______ Americans than any other ethnic group

A) African American B) Caucasian C) Native American D) Hispanic

Psychology

The ________ model represents the contents of memory as connections among a huge number of interacting processing units

a. three-box b. parallel distributed processing c. serial processing d. sequential processing

Psychology