Escalation effect
Give this one a try later!
the tendency for people to persist in failing investments to avert loss, which
causes losses to mount
Type A personality
, Give this one a try later!
a pattern of behavior characterized by extremes of competitive striving for
achievement, a sense of time urgency, hostility, and aggression
Hawthorne effect
Give this one a try later!
the finding that workers who were given special attention increased their
productivity regardless of what actual changes were made in the work
setting
Cross-race identification bias
Give this one a try later!
the tendency for people to be more accurate at recognizing members of
their own racial group than of other groups
Scientific jury selection
Give this one a try later!
a method of selecting juries through surveys that yield correlations
between demographics and trial-relevant attitudes
Give this one a try later!
the tendency for people to persist in failing investments to avert loss, which
causes losses to mount
Type A personality
, Give this one a try later!
a pattern of behavior characterized by extremes of competitive striving for
achievement, a sense of time urgency, hostility, and aggression
Hawthorne effect
Give this one a try later!
the finding that workers who were given special attention increased their
productivity regardless of what actual changes were made in the work
setting
Cross-race identification bias
Give this one a try later!
the tendency for people to be more accurate at recognizing members of
their own racial group than of other groups
Scientific jury selection
Give this one a try later!
a method of selecting juries through surveys that yield correlations
between demographics and trial-relevant attitudes
