Mehmet and Semra Went to a Movie but Were Soon

question 304

Multiple Choice

Mehmet and Semra went to a movie but were soon bored with it. Semra wanted to leave. Mehmet did not want to leave because they had already paid for their tickets, which would be wasted if they left before the movie was over. What psychological factor associated with behavioral economics explains Mehmet's behavior?

• A) framing bias
• B) sunk cost fallacy
• C) overconfidence
• D) altruism

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Personality Research Methods

Approaches and techniques used to study and measure human personality traits and their effects on behavior and mental processes.

Individual Differences

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A perspective in personality psychology focusing on the identification and measurement of specific characteristics or traits that differentiate individuals from one another.

Unconscious Thought

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