When People Analyze Alternatives, They Tend to Rely on Their

question 103

Multiple Choice

When people analyze alternatives, they tend to rely on their intuition and gut instincts instead of collecting impartial data. This is known as

• A) self-fulfilling prophecy.
• B) the recency syndrome.
• C) subjective rationality.
• D) the halo effect.

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