Though the New Mentoring Program Doesn't Seem to Be Working

question 55

Multiple Choice

Though the new mentoring program doesn't seem to be working very well,Principal McVickers argues that the school should continue to invest in it because they have already committed so many resources to it.What does this example illustrate?

• A) social loafing
• B) groupthink
• C) the escalation effect
• D) the loss justification effect

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

A fundamental mechanism of evolution where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Highly Flexible

Capable of being easily modified to adapt to new conditions or to bend or move without breaking.

Emitting

The act of releasing or sending out something such as light, heat, sound, particles, etc., from a source.

Predators

Animals or organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food.