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123654777 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The status quo bias is different from the omission bias in that the former is about making decisions that ____, while the latter is about making decisions that ____.

a. keep things the same; require little effort
b. keep things the same; avoid risks
c. are similar to other people's decisions; require little effort
d. are similar to other people's decisions; avoid risks

Question 2

Many people who hold prejudiced attitudes towards ethnic minority groups attempt to justify their prejudices by suggesting that group competition for jobs, housing, healthcare, and other social resources is a(n) ____. For example, they claim: The more jobs that other groups get, the fewer good jobs there will be left for people from my group.

a. zero-sum game
b. non-zero-sum game
c. commons dilemma
d. equity game