While Visiting a University He Was Interested in Attending,Mathew Was

question 162

Multiple Choice

While visiting a university he was interested in attending,Mathew was momentarily irritated by an admission counselor's mispronunciation of his name.Without consciously realizing it,Mathew's gut-level reaction to this single incident led him to form an unduly negative judgment of the university.This best illustrates the impact of

• A) intuition.
• B) divergent thinking.
• C) extrinsic motivation.
• D) the planning fallacy.

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