John wants to start his own pet shop and has put out an ad for the post of shop assistant. He hired the first candidate he interviewed without reviewing the remaining applications because the first one fit the given criteria. What is this an example of?
A) confirmation bias
B) risk
C) bias
D) satisficing
E) heuristics

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This is an example of "satisficing," which means settling for a satisfactory solution instead of analyzing all the available options. John settled for the first candidate who fit the criteria instead of reviewing all the applications.

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