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8090 [49]
3 years ago
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One of the reasons Bernard Madoff got away with his Ponzi scheme for so long is that his investors saw him as a friend and used

____ to disregard questionable behavior.
a. stereotyping
b. attribution
c. racism
d. selective perception
e. sexism
Social Studies
1 answer:
astra-53 [7]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Selective perception

Explanation:

Selective perception as the name indicated to perceive the selected things and ignore others. In other words, we can say that a person perceives those things that he wanted or desire to perceive things. On the other hand, the person ignores those things that undesirable for him.  

<u>Many factors influence a person's selective perception. </u>

  • Previous experience
  • Motivation
  • Emotions

There are of two types of selective perception such as  

  • Selective perception defense  
  • Selective perception vigilance.  

Thus in the above statement, Bernard Madoff got away with his Ponzi scheme and the investor used selective perception for him.

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