The Tendency We Have to Marry Someone Who Is Similar

question 161

Multiple Choice

The tendency we have to marry someone who is similar to us in almost every way is called

• A)monogamy.
• B)status equalities.
• C)homogamy.
• D)the actor-observer bias.

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Definitions:

Noise Traders

Investors who make decisions based on random or irrelevant information, often causing market prices to deviate from their true values.

Limits To Arbitrage

Restrictions or impediments that prevent traders from taking advantage of discrepancies in prices between or within markets to make risk-free profits.

Representativeness Heuristic

The reliance on stereotypes, analogies, or limited samples to form opinions about an entire class.

House Money

A term from Behavioral Finance referring to the tendency of individuals to take greater risks when trading with profits from prior trades, viewing it as "play money."