Justifying One's Behavior by Offering Self-Serving Untruths That Sound Reasonable

question 244

Multiple Choice

Justifying one's behavior by offering self-serving untruths that sound reasonable is a basic feature of

• A)compensation.
• B)sublimation.
• C)intellectualization.
• D)rationalization.

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Definitions:

Variance

A statistical measure of the dispersion showing how much the values in a data set diverge from the mean or expected value.

Wholesaler

A person or company that buys goods in large quantities from producers and sells them in smaller quantities to retailers or other wholesalers.

Retailer

A business or individual that sells goods or services directly to consumers, typically operating out of physical or online stores.

Bullwhip Effect

A situation in supply chain management where slight shifts in demand from consumers cause increasingly amplified shifts in demand at the levels of manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers.