When Individuals Pay Attention Only to Relevant Information When Making

question 37

Multiple Choice

When individuals pay attention only to relevant information when making choices, make their decisions based on what is in their best interests, and do not systematically make mistakes, instead using new information to correct past mistakes and improve decision making, they are said to be acting ________.

• A) selfishly
• B) attitudinally
• C) ideologically
• D) rationally
• E) affectively

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Definitions:

Role Conflict

Role conflict occurs when two or more statuses held at the same time place contradictory role demands on a person.

Contradictory Role Demands

The situation where an individual faces conflicting expectations associated with a single social position or between multiple roles.

Statuses

Social positions or roles that individuals occupy within a community, society, or organization, influencing their relationships and interactions with others.

Ethnomethodologists

Researchers who study how people make sense of their everyday world, focusing on the methods and practices through which social order is produced.