All of the Following Statements Relating to Escalating Commitment Are

question 28

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements relating to escalating commitment are correct EXCEPT:

• A) the tendency to escalate commitments often outweighs the willingness to disengage from them.
• B) decision makers may rationalize negative feedback resulting from an escalated commitment as a temporary condition.
• C) an escalated commitment may result in a decision maker protecting his or her ego by not admitting that the original decision was a mistake.
• D) once it is determined that a chosen course of action is "not working," decision makers will re-group and select a different course of action.
• E) decision makers may characterize any negative results from an escalated commitment as a "learning experience" that can be overcome with added future effort.

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Definitions:

Delusions

False beliefs held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary, often observed in psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia.

Hallucinations

Perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, often occurring in psychiatric conditions.

Compulsions

Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly.

Catatonia

A state of psycho-motor immobility and behavioral abnormality, often seen in schizophrenia and certain mood disorders.