What Is the Purpose of Routine Maintenance of Clinical and Administrative

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of routine maintenance of clinical and administrative equipment?

• A) To identify when the equipment needs to be replaced
• B) For infection control purposes
• C) To fulfill the warranty guidelines until the equipment no longer works
• D) To help to ensure the best performance of the equipment

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Definitions:

Halo Effect

The tendency of our general or overall liking for a person to influence our assessment of more specific traits of that person. The halo effect can produce inaccuracy in our ratings of others’ traits and performances.

Complexity-Extremity Effect

The bias where less complex schemas lead to more extreme judgments and evaluations.

Stereotypes

Fixed sets of characteristics that are attributed to all the members of a group; simplistic and rigid perceptions of members of one group that are widely shared by others.

Attribution Error

A cognitive bias that involves misattributing the causes of someone's behavior to their personality, rather than to situational factors.