Question

Alexander and Kristin are executive managers at Safety First Fall Safety Equipment Co. They realize that within the last several quarters, they have been treating the performance metrics from the company's two very distinct divisions the same rather than focusing on the unique aspects of each division. They have inaccurately assessed divisional performance as a result. Alexander and Kristin realize they have fallen prey to a cognitive bias known as:_______

a. common measures bias
b. motivated reasoning
c. surrogation
d. uncommon measures bias

Answer 1

The correct answer to the following question will be Option A (Common measures bias).

Step-by-step explanation:

• CMS occurs because once variations throughout order to respond have been triggered either by method rather than with the real propensities of the participants that only the equipment is trying to expose.
• It suggested a lack of desire on the part of the decision-maker to integrate specific knowledge because this knowledge provides additional cognitive effort. It's streamlined.

The remaining three solutions are not relevant to the situation in question. So Choice A is the right one.