Exam 4: Perception

During the annual company picnic, a "friendly" debate erupts over who performed best in the ultimate Frisbee game played at last year's picnic. The battle lines are drawn between departments, and everyone insists the best performance was demonstrated by those in their own departments. What might be the root cause of this debate?

Why should a manager work to understand perceptions?

You have just finished presenting your development plan for an innovative new product to your management team. You wanted to make sure that everything was communicated clearly so you used PowerPoint on the projector, distributed hard copies of the presentation to everyone, and made sure you included all critical numeric information on the slides instead of reporting some stats orally. You really think you have done a good job catering to the different learning and attention styles of your management team, so it is likely that management will approve your plan. Given your extensive preparations, which of the following should you expect after your presentation?

What is the first step to using the self-fulfilling prophecy to improve your mentee's sales performance?

What type of bias could occur if an HR manager hires the candidate who attended the same university they did?

What concept describes overestimating bias in others' decisions and underestimating the bias in our own decisions?

What should you do if you want to manage your process of perception?

What is the similarity between perceptions and heuristics?

One of your coworkers is chronically late arriving at work, returning from lunch, and coming to meetings, but interestingly they are never late to leave at the end of the workday. What attribution will you make?

A stereotype is a type of ________.

As a manager, could you use the self-fulfilling prophecy to improve your subordinate's performance? Why or why not?

Which of the following is not a stage in the critical reflection process?

What are the dimensions of attribution?

What does the process of attribution describe?

What is a benefit of not perceiving all stimuli in your environment?

What would result from a manager expecting high performance from his subordinates using the self-fulfilling prophecy?

What would you perceive as novel and distinct?

What process in the second stage of the critical reflection process helps you to evaluate the validity of your perceptions?

What do our perceptions consist of?

Which of the following can be used to more effectively manage the perceptual process?