Martell, Richard F.2009-06-042009-06-041991Willis, 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>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13517This 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.62 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Industrial psychologyThesisThesis Psych. 1991 Willis