OB CH 6: Perception & Individual Decision Making

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Across
  1. 1. the object being perceived
  2. 4. a type of bias where there is a tendency to base judgments on information that is readily available to the decision-maker.
  3. 5. the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
  4. 8. a general pattern or tendency to think a certain way. It is essentially a quick route our brains can use in order to make decisions quickly.
  5. 9. the context in which a perception is made
  6. 10. a type of bias that occurs when overestimating the probability of being correct.
  7. 11. __________ effect refers to drawing an overall impression based on a single characteristic, such as intelligence, sociability, or appearance.
  8. 13. a type of bias that occurs when information that agrees with preconceived views is accepted at face value, while other information is criticized skeptically.
  9. 14. ___________perception allows us to “speed-read” others
Down
  1. 2. a type of bias that occurs when a person fixates on initial information and fails to adequately adjust for subsequent information.
  2. 3. an individual who reports unethical or illegal practices by their employer to outsiders
  3. 6. in the attribution theory __________refers to whether an individual displays different behaviours in different situations.
  4. 7. ______ perception are the perceptions people form about each other.
  5. 9. judging an individual based on the perception of a group to which the target belongs.
  6. 12. in the attribution theory __________refers to when everyone who faces a similar situation responds in the same way.
  7. 15. ______ effect happens when other persons we have recently encountered influence our reaction to a person.