A group of thieves has been convicted of stealing luxury items from a local shop

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A group of thieves has been convicted of stealing luxury items from a local shopping center. The usual sentence is jail time ranging from 3 to 10 years. The prosecutor hopes for a lengthy punishment in order to send a message to other would-be thieves. She asks the judge to consider a 10 year sentence, even though the punishment is usually shorter. She is taking advantage of ______________ to try to increase the punishment length.

Select one:

a. The paradox of choice

b. confirmation bias

c. rational decision making

d. the anchoring effect

Explanation / Answer

The correct answer is option B

Explanation : Confirmation bias can be defined as the tendency to believe in what we want to believe in spite of having evidence which states otherwise. Here the prosecutor knows that the sentence is usually shorter but still she hopes that a 10 year sentence wouldwbe given to the thief.

The anchoring effect can be defined as the bias where individuals while making decisions rely much heavily on the first piece of information. Paradox of choice is related to less choice being more in reality while confirmation bias is the tendency to believe what we want to believe in spite of evidence that is otherwise. Rational decision making is about making a rational decision considering all the aspects of the situation which wasn't the case here.

Thus the correct answer is option B

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