A Cognitive Bias That Leads Managers to Remain Committed to a Losing

question 79

Multiple Choice

A cognitive bias that leads managers to remain committed to a losing course of action and not admit mistakes is ________.

• A) cognitive dissonance
• B) projection
• C) escalation of commitment
• D) representativeness

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Definitions:

Exponential Random Variable

A type of random variable that describes the time between events in a Poisson process, representing occurrences that happen at a constant rate.

Exponentially Distributed

Describes the time between events in a Poisson point process, i.e., a process in which events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate.

Random Variable

This refers to a variable where its values are linked to the outputs of unpredictable phenomena.

Exponentially Distributed

Refers to a probability distribution used to model the time between events in a Poisson process, characterized by a constant mean rate.