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SIX
Perception and
Individual Decision
Making
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Touch.
Taste.
Smell.
Stereo typing
Contrast effect
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of
Performance Expectations
Self-fulfilling prediction (Pygmalion effect): The
lower or higher performance of employees reflects
preconceived leader expectations about employee
capabilities.
Performance Evaluations
Appraisals are
performance.
subjective
perceptions
of
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Perceptions of
the decision
maker
Outcomes
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Problem clarity
Describes how
individuals should
behave in order to
maximize some
outcome.
Clear preferences
Known options
Constant
preferences
No time or cost
constraints
Maximum payoff
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Anchoring Bias
Fixating on early, first received information.
Confirmation Bias
Using only the facts that support our decision.
Availability Bias
Using information that is most readily at hand.
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Escalation of commitment
An increased commitment to a previous decision
in spite of negative information.
Randomness Error
The tendency of individuals to believe that they
can predict the outcome of random events
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Hindsight Bias
The tendency to believe falsely, after an
outcome of an event is actually known, that
one would have accurately predicted that
outcome
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Mental Ability
Cultural Differences
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Three-Component
Model of Creativity
Proposition that individual
creativity requires expertise,
creative-thinking skills, and
intrinsic task motivation.
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End
Of
CHAPTER 6
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