When Sales Are Made in a Local Walmart, the Sales

question 146

Multiple Choice

When sales are made in a local Walmart, the sales data is sent to Walmart headquarters where the data are used to build a picture of the buying habits of people who shop at individual Walmarts across the nation. The use of ________ makes this possible.

• A) POS systems
• B) social shopping
• C) e-commerce
• D) e-menus
• E) beacons

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Attributional Bias

The common tendency to attribute one's successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors, aiming to protect self-esteem.

Self-Serving Attributional Bias

The tendency to attribute one's successes to internal or personal factors while attributing failures to external or situational factors.

Projection

Assigning to others those traits that people fear they possess themselves.

Self-Handicapping

Placing obstacles in the way of one's own success to protect self-esteem from a possible future failure.