Question

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

Answer 1

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.  

Many factors influence a person's selective perception.

• 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.