You Can Either Take the Bus or a Taxi to Your

question 157

Multiple Choice

You can either take the bus or a taxi to your friend's house, and you decide on the bus. After waiting at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, a taxi passes by, but you continue to wait for the bus, having waited so long already. Your decision is influenced by the

• A) sunk cost effect.
• B) availability heuristic.
• C) confirmation bias.
• D) demand characteristic.

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