In Sweden, as in the United States, rationality is highly valued. ...

[saliriagwu]

In Sweden, as in the United States, rationality is highly valued. _____ True or _____ False? Why?
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Explain three perceptual distortions that can bias the evaluation process and define them.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[quynhmickitran]

Answer to Question 1

False. Swedes are more comfortable with intuitive decision making.

Answer to Question 2

 Stereotyping - attributing behavior or attitudes to a person on the basis of the group or category to which the person belongs
 Halo effect - our perception of another is dominated by only one trait
 Central tendency - avoiding extreme judgments and rating everything as average
 Contrast effects - evaluations are affected by comparisons with other people we have recently encountered who are better or worse in terms of this characteristic
 Projection - tendency to attribute one's own attitudes or feelings to another
person
 Self-fulfilling perceptual defenses - screens that block out what we do not wish to see and allow through stimuli that we wish to see

[saliriagwu]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[tkempin]

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