Intermediate Accounting (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134730370
Author: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Jana S. Raedy, Alexander J. Sannella
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.3BE
Match Each Cognitive Bias Below with its Description.
| Availability bias | a. A phenomenon that occurs in situations where members of a group, in an attempt to avoid conflict, reach a consensus decision without considering all of the reasonable alternatives. |
| Overconfidence bias |
b. The tendency to be more confident than your abilities and experience level would objectively warrant. |
| Confirmatory bias |
c. The tendency to use the data that is most readily available or most easily recalled to make a decision, as opposed to considering all relevant data. |
| Groupthink bias |
d. The decision maker focuses on one piece of information, weighting it more heavily than other pieces of information. |
| Anchoring bias | e. A decision maker under-weights information that is not consistent with her initial beliefs. |
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Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.1QCh. 3 - Prob. 3.2QCh. 3 - Does U.S. GAAP require that companies disclose...Ch. 3 - Does IFRS require that companies disclose...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.5QCh. 3 - Does IFRS require that companies disclose their...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.7QCh. 3 - Prob. 3.8QCh. 3 - Prob. 3.9QCh. 3 - Prob. 3.10Q
Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.11QCh. 3 - What is the Basis for Conclusions and where can...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.13QCh. 3 - Prob. 3.14QCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1BECh. 3 - Judgment in Accounting for Plant and Equipment....Ch. 3 - Match Each Cognitive Bias Below with its...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.4BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.5BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.6BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.7BECh. 3 - Codification Research. Referencing Appendix A,...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.9BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.10BECh. 3 - Exercises E3-1. Accounting Policy Disclosures. To...Ch. 3 - Cognitive Bias. A team of accounting students is...Ch. 3 - Cognitive Bias. A team of accounting students is...Ch. 3 - Authoritative Literature. Provide the reference to...Ch. 3 - Authoritative Literature. Provide the reference to...Ch. 3 - Authoritative Literature. To what entity types...Ch. 3 - Authoritative Literature. How does FASB define...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.8ECh. 3 - Prob. 1JCCh. 3 - Prob. 2JCCh. 3 - Prob. 1SSCCh. 3 - Surfing the Standards Case 2: Inventory...Ch. 3 - Basis for Conclusions Case 1: Judgment and...Ch. 3 - Basis for Conclusions Case 2: Income Statement or...
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