The Senator Was Having Trouble Getting Support for His Pet

question 75

Multiple Choice

The senator was having trouble getting support for his pet piece of legislation, called The Omnibus Tax Increase Act. After soliciting input from his staff, he renamed it An Act to Protect the American Way of Life. Suddenly, public opinion was on his side, and he soon had the votes he needed. The reason lies in a decision-making bias known as

• A) recency.
• B) contrast.
• C) framing.
• D) anchoring.
• E) representativeness.

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