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Through the Blue Lens: Negative Publicity, Cognition, and Professional Self-Representation in Law Enforcement Officers
(2018-12)
Increased access to digital media has allowed for widespread proliferation of news
coverage. Unfortunately, recent research has demonstrated a variety of acute negative outcomes
associated with exposure to disturbing ...
An examination of the effects of rater training and individual prototypes on performance ratings
(2004)
The performance appraisal process is often inaccurate due to various biases and
psychometric errors. Rater training was developed in an attempt to familiarize raters with
the dimensions used to judge performance and to ...
Fantasy Proneness and Responsiveness in Leaders: The Impact of Charismatic and Pragmatic Leaders
(2017-12-11)
Charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic leadership have been identified as the three key styles of leadership. Leaders expressing each style are held to appeal to followers in different ways and through different mechanisms. ...
Loosening the Emotions that Bind - Mindfulness and Ethical Decision Making
(2018-07-24)
Research has shown that negative emotions can influence the decision-making process and contribute to unethical behavior. It was hypothesized that mindfulness would decrease negative emotions and reduce their impact in the ...
Evidence for Continuous Mediation in Facial Recognition: Implications for Theories of Eyewitness Memory
(2016-08)
It has been proposed that sequential lineups are superior to simultaneous lineups because simultaneous lineups promote comparisons amongst choices (a relative judgment strategy) and sequential lineups reduce this propensity ...
Not My Mascot: Prejudice and Native American Mascots on Stereotype Activation and Attitudes Towards Native Americans
(2018)
There is an ongoing controversy based on the possible negative outcomes of using Native American mascots as symbols for sport teams. The present research examines the effect of using Native American (NA) sports mascots on ...
Errors in Creative Problem-Solving: Identify, Deliberate, and Remediate
(2018)
It is often assumed creative performance is error free. Even a cursory inspection of eminent, creative, individuals indicates errors permeate creative efforts. In the present effort, we examine the impact of error management ...
SELF-EVALUATION OF SKILLS AND OVERCONFIDENCE VULNERABILITY: ARE MOST PEOPLE BLIND TO THEIR OWN DECISION MAKING BIASES?
(2018-05-11)
Skilled decision making is an acquired skill that often leads to better life outcomes (e.g. wealth, health, and happiness) (Cokely et al., 2012; 2018). There is a growing body of literature centered on Bias Blind Spot which ...
Testing a Dynamic Perspective of Goal Orientation During Complex Skill Acquisition and Adaptation to Unforeseen Change
(2018-05)
In the context of learning a dynamic task involving cognitive and perceptual-motor demands, this laboratory study contributed to a multilevel perspective of goal orientation and performance by examining adaptation to a ...
The Intentional Withdrawal of Organizational Citizenship Behavior
(2017-12)
Current definitions of withdrawal behavior include actions that fall beneath the umbrella for counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs). These acts of withdrawal include behaviors such as lateness, absenteeism and turnover ...