Exam 5: Perception and Individual Decision Making

Gene is regarded by his peers as an extremely creative designer of watercraft. He attributes much of his success to his family: he was raised by a traditional boat builder and from a very early age was surrounded by boats and the people who made them. To what element of the three-component model of creativity does Gene attribute his success?

Which of the following types of biases indicates that we selectively seek out information that reaffirms our past choices, and we discount information that contradicts them?

With reference to the three-component model of creativity, which of the following components turns creative potential into actual creative ideas?

According to the attribution theory, if a behavior scores high on consensus and distinctiveness, we tend to consider it as an internally caused behavior.

Decision makers construct simplified models that extract the essential features from problems without capturing all their complexity. That is, they operate within the confines of ________.

When we draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic, such as intelligence, sociability, or appearance we are using a shortcut called the contrast effect.

The halo effect occurs because it is impossible for us to assimilate everything we see.