John Wants to Start His Own Pet Shop and Has

question 86

Multiple Choice

John wants to start his own pet shop and has put out an ad for the post of shop assistant. He hired the first candidate he interviewed without reviewing the remaining applications because the first one fit the given criteria. What is this an example of?

• A) confirmation bias
• B) risk
• C) bias
• D) satisficing
• E) heuristics

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