Helena says her decision to move to Costa Rica seemed like "kind of a crazy decision." If her happy memories of wonderful times surfing in Costa Rica guided her decision, then was a possible source of bias.

A. a desire for the status quo

B. emotion

C. satisficing

D. a desire to justify past decisions

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.