When Managers Treat Irrelevant Information as If It Were Relevant

question 31

Multiple Choice

When managers treat irrelevant information as if it were relevant, they exhibit:

• A)contrast effect
• B)context effect
• C)pseudodiagnosticity effect
• D)assimilation effect
• E)anchoring-and-adjustment effect

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