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Suppose you recommend hiring a certain individual for a new job in your department, and on the strength of your recommendation, she gets the job. As time goes on, the new hire proves to be a poor employee.
 
  Some of your colleagues even recommend dismissing her. However, because you were the person who recommended hiring her, you stand by your recommendation and argue that she should be given more time to prove herself on the job. Your behavior reflects the phenomenon of:
  A) escalating commitment.
  B) choosing an implicit favorite.
  C) experiencing bounded rationality.
  D) using a representativeness heuristic.

Question 2

Research shows that individuals will often ________ early in the decision process and then not seriously consider other options.
 
  A) escalate their commitment
  B) choose an implicit favorite
  C) experience bounded rationality
  D) use a representativeness heuristic

Question 3

What steps can a group leader take to prevent the occurrence of groupthink?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

Escalation of commitment is unlikely when:
 
  A) funds for further investing are limited.
  B) the threat of failure is overwhelming.
  C) responsibility for earlier failures is diffused.
  D) all of these have happened, or are happening.

Question 5

________ is the tendency for people to give too little credit to others when things are going poorly and too much credit when things are going well.
 
  A) Bounded rationality
  B) Person sensitivity bias
  C) Escalation of commitment
  D) Hindsight bias

Question 6

When organizations use cross-functional teams, people are usually members of one team only.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 7

Identify and explain the Big Five dimensions of personality.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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