The Best Way for a Manager to Use Verbal Persuasion

question 35

Multiple Choice

The best way for a manager to use verbal persuasion is through the ________, a form of self-fulfilling prophecy in which believing something can make it true.

• A) confirmation bias
• B) Pygmalion effect
• C) anchoring bias
• D) framing effect
• E) Electra complex

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Definitions:

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