Exam 6: Perception and Individual Decision Making

Meg has exceeded her budget by at least $200 every month for the last three months. After recognizing that this is a problem, she decides to use the rational decision-making model to decide what to do. What should be the next step she should take, if she follows this model?

You are in your senior year and, unfortunately, your GPS is awful, you hate going to class, and your internship makes you want to purposely catch food poisoning just so you can miss work. During a visit with your academic advisor, they suggest you might want to change your major. Why do you not change your major?

David is of the opinion that people who drive SUVs are dangerous drivers. He often thinks that people driving SUVs are driving rashly, even when other observers can see nothing wrong with the behavior of the SUV drivers. What factor is affecting his perception in this case?

A common tendency related to the overconfidence bias is that as managers and employees become more knowledgeable about an issue, they become more likely to display overconfidence.

Which of the following is a component of the three-component model that is considered as the foundation for all creative work?

Which of the following is an example of a shortcut used in judging others?

What is escalation of commitment?

________ is a highly complex and highly developed form of reasoning that is based on years of experience and learning.

Which of the following statements is not an example of stereotyping?

Your boss never gives you the benefit of the doubt. When you arrived late from lunch, he assumed that you had simply taken too much time. He never considered that the elevators were not working that day and the fact that you had to walk up 10 flights of stairs. Your boss is guilty of ________.

Arian dresses very nicely, has great hair, and a winning smile. According to the Halo Effect, which of the following are we most likely to ascribe to Arian?

It was Marisol's first day at work. At first she was very nervous, but when she was introduced to her cubicle neighbor, Hanna, she was reassured by Hanna's soothing smile. Marisol thought that a person with such a beautiful smile could not be bad, and that she would enjoy having her in such close proximity. Which of the following concepts best describes this example?

Which of the following is a component of creativity that encompasses certain personality characteristics of an individual such as the ability to use analogies?

You are part of a group, making a decision about whether it is appropriate to discontinue research on a new drug. This new drug would save lives, but it is uncertain whether you can develop it within a reasonable time frame and at a reasonable cost. Your firm has already spent a small fortune on this drug. You have gathered so much information in preparation to making the decision that you are unable to sort the good information from the superfluous data. You just feel that this project has merit. What form of decision making are you using if you decide to continue the project because you feel that the project has merit?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the rational decision-making model?

It is possible to reduce the number of lies that people tell within an organization without using punishments such as terminations.

Which of the following terms best describes the tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of others?

Martha submitted a formal complaint to OSHA about unsafe work conditions in her company's warehouse. Martha is a ________.

Contrast the fundamental attribution error and the self-serving bias.

________ theory tries to explain the ways in which we judge people differently, depending on the meaning we attribute to a given behavior.