. Amy was so excited about the Christmas dance that she couldn’t concentrate on anything else. The whole week leading up to it, she drew doodles of herself wearing her dress and a sparkling tiara instead of taking notes. The night before the dance, she noticed that she was getting a small pimple on her nose. It was just a tiny little mark, but she imagined herself with a great big pimple, looking like Rudolph the Reindeer in all of the photos, and grew gravely concerned. She ran out to the store and bought a tube of every kind of pimple fighting cream available and then applied large globs of each of them to her nose. She went to bed satisfied that she had done all that she could to fight the blemish. When she woke up, she ran to mirror hoping that the pimple had vanished. As she gazed upon herself in the mirror, she screamed, not because the pimple had vanished, but because a bright red rash covered her entire nose. Which type of irony is used? Why? 

Axel was the toughest kid on the playground. He wore a leather jacket with cutoff sleeves and metal studs on the shoulders. He had a Mohawk hairstyle, listened to punk rock music, and hung out with the older kids. He rode his skateboard to school and did noseslides on the bike rack. He whooped on anyone who challenged him, but after a long day of being really tough, Axel’s mommy tucked him into bed at night and he snuggled up tightly with a fluffy pink bear that he called Mr. Tickles. Which type of irony is used?

What does Harry say passes the time? 

In the Vroom-Yetton Decision Making Model it is recommended that when time is limited a manager should use a consensus (i.e., group) approach to decision making.

Escalation of commitment also called the sunk-cost trap refers to the tendency to stick to an ineffective course of action when it is unlikely that the bad situation can be reversed.

4. What happened to Harry Street that required medical care?

Who is stranded in Africa with Harry? 

Which of the following Big Five traits has been shown to predict decisiveness in individuals?

What is meant by the Representativeness Heuristic? Give an example of a decision scenario where you might fall victim to this heuristic. What about the situation makes this likely?

Why were Helen and Harry in Africa?