Shanika Is an Executive, and Asked Her Assistant Repeatedly to Make

question 52

Multiple Choice

Shanika is an executive, and asked her assistant repeatedly to make some copies for her. The assistant repeatedly failed to successfully complete the assignment. If Shanika is thinking like a social psychologist about this situation, what is she most likely to think about her assistant?

• A) "My assistant is incompetent and I should fire him immediately."
• B) "All of my subordinates are incompetent."
• C) "I am the only intelligent person in this office."
• D) "Perhaps my assistant is under stress from something else."

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Definitions:

Isoquant

An isoquant is a curve depicting all combinations of inputs which produce the same level of output, used in the study of production theory.

Production Functions

A formula that relates the output of goods and services to the inputs used in their production.

Capital

Financial assets or the financial value of assets, such as funds held in deposit accounts and/or the physical factors of production.

Capital

Financial assets or the financial value of assets, such as funds held in deposit accounts and/or physical factors of production.