Performance cue effects in work behavior ratings: Memory or response bias?

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dc.contributor.advisorMartell, Richard F.
dc.creatorWillis, Cynthia Emrich
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:06:42Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:06:42Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.description.abstractThis study examined whether a memory or response bias mediated the effects of performance cues on observers' recollections of a work group's behavior. Fifty-nine subjects observed a film of a group at work. Then, immediately or one week later, subjects rated the group's performance using behavioral, evaluative, and objective outcome rating instruments. Prior to observing the group, subjects were given performance cues that led them to believe the group had either performed well or poorly in the task. Results identified a systematic response bias and not a memory bias as the cognitive process mediating the effects of performance cues in work behavior ratings: Subjects adopted a more liberal decision criterion when attributing effective (ineffective) behaviors in response to positive (negative) performance cues. Unlike the behavioral ratings, recollections of specific group outcomes were immune to the biasing effect of performance cues.
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Psych. 1991 Willis
dc.identifier.citationWillis, Cynthia Emrich. "Performance cue effects in work behavior ratings: Memory or response bias?." (1991) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13517">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13517</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13517
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectIndustrial psychology
dc.titlePerformance cue effects in work behavior ratings: Memory or response bias?
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thesis.degree.departmentPsychology
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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