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Which Is It? (Scenario)
Marwan has been Lina's boss now for about six months. Recently, Lina had recommended firing Samir, one of her own staff, for his repeated "inability to get along with others." Marwan checked with Samir's coworkers, and none of them supported Lina's contention. In addition, several of Lina's peers had met with Marwan. Word of Samir's fate was getting out, and they wanted to let Marwan know that in the past, Lina had singled out other employees for persecution. When asked for specific problems with Samir, Lina mentioned that in addition to his attitude, he had been late several times recently. Marwan knew that Samir lived several miles away and that others had been late due to poor weather. Marwan did not know whether he should support Lina, his manager, or hold off and not fire Samir.
-Which factor of attribution theory was Marwan concerned about when he asked Samir's coworkers about Lina's observations about his attitude problem?

Definitions:

Serial Recall

The cognitive process of retrieving or recalling information from memory in the exact order in which it was presented or learned.

Temporal Associations

The relationship between events in time, often influencing how memories and perceptions are formed.

Recognition

The cognitive process of identifying previously encountered information from an array of options.

Primacy Effect

A cognitive bias that results in a person remembering information from the beginning of a list better than information presented later.