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) sexism
B) racism
C) stereotyping
D) attribution
E) selective perception

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Selective perception refers to the tendency to attend to only certain aspects of a situation while ignoring others, and in this case, Madoff's investors may have selectively perceived his behavior as trustworthy and disregarded any questionable actions because of their friendly relationship with him.

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