One Important Consequence of the Self-Serving Bias Is That

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Multiple Choice

One important consequence of the self-serving bias is that

• A)some people cannot correct a personal trait that might be causing them to fail in many ventures.
• B)someone could persist in pursuing a failed policy despite overwhelming evidence of the failure.
• C)bad decisions can be made because people will act without pausing to see whether their intuition is correct or not.
• D)some people may wrongly believe in their forecasting ability to predict future outcomes of risky investments.

Understand how special journals are used to streamline the accounting process.

Grasp the concept of a subsidiary ledger and its relationship with the general ledger.

Learn the procedure for journalizing transactions in special and general journals.

Comprehend the posting process from the journals to the general and subsidiary ledgers.

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