Author Question: Which of the following is a possible result of faulty encoding? a. The intended message is not ... (Read 44 times)

chads108 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which of the following is a possible result of faulty encoding?

a. The intended message is not received by the receiver.
b. The content of the message is incomplete.
c. The receiver of the message distorts the intent.
d. The sender of the message is unable to receive feedback.

Question 2

The marketing department of a major children's hospital is hosting a fund-raiser for the local Ronald McDonald House. In the past, fund-raisers were successful when scheduled in the spring.

This year, the fund-raiser is scheduled in the fall, when the city and several local organizations have community festivals. The first fund-raiser was scheduled 10 years ago in the fall and raised 50,000, only one eighth of the goal. This depicts an example of which of the following deci-sion-making distortions? a. Confirming evidence trap
b. Estimating and forecasting trap
c. Status quo trap
d. Sunk cost trap

softEldritch · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B
Estimating and forecasting trap is the natural tendency of human behavior to disregard negative outcomes and remember the positive ones. In this case, the marketing department is not taking the failure of a previous fall fund-raiser into account when planning this event.