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Social Science Clinic => Business => Management => Topic started by: dalyningkenk on Jul 6, 2018
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A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee behaviors than to behaviors of six or nine months earlier. This shows that the manager's perception is affected by a(n) ________ bias.
A) self-serving bias
B) availability
C) impact
D) distinction
E) hindsight
Question 2
Which of the following is a factor present in a perceiver which may affect perception?
A) interest
B) similarity
C) sound
D) proximity
E) background
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Answer to Question 1
B
Explanation: B) Availability bias refers to the tendency for people to base their judgments on information that is readily available to them. The availability bias explains why managers doing performance appraisals give more weight to recent employee behaviors than to behaviors of six or nine months earlier.
Answer to Question 2
A
Explanation: A) Factors present in a perceiver which may affect perception are attitudes, motives, interests, experience, and expectations.
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