Which Statement Concerned with Establishing the Costs and Benefits of Accounting

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which statement concerned with establishing the costs and benefits of accounting information is true?

• A)It is usually easier to establish the benefits than the costs.
• B)It is normally easy to establish both the costs and the benefits.
• C)Both the costs and benefits are normally difficult to assess.
• D)The costs and benefits should be ignored when deciding on what accounting information should be produced.

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Definitions:

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon occurring within a group of people, where the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Shared Information Bias

A tendency in group decision-making processes to disproportionately discuss information that all members are already familiar with, rather than considering new or unknown information.

Cross-cueing

A mechanism where the presence of one stimulus or cue enhances the recognition or recall of another related cue.

Transactive Memory Systems

A shared system for encoding, storing, and retrieving information within a close-knit group, where members know who is responsible for certain types of information.