Consider the Following Scenario: When Discussing Her Recent Grades, Sherri

question 114

Multiple Choice

Consider the following scenario: when discussing her recent grades, Sherri indicated that very well in Math and attributes her success to studying very hard. Even though she studi equally hard for Chemistry, Sherri failed the exam but explains this failure in terms of her professor. This is an example of:

• A) primacy effect
• B) stereotype threat
• C) self-serving bias
• D) depressive realism
• E) fundamental attribution error

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Definitions:

Idle Capacity

The unused portion of the total available capacity within a company, often resulting in inefficiency and increased costs.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing methodology that assigns costs to products or services based on the activities they require, aiming for more accurate product costing.

Resource Consumption

The use of resources (such as raw materials, energy, or labor) in the production of goods or provision of services.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that allocates overhead and indirect costs to related products and services based on the activities that drive costs, rather than on traditional volume measures such as machine hours or labor costs.