Case Study Mike To Blame For The Situation

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1. In your opinion can Mike be blamed for the situation? Please state disposition (if any in your opinion) and situational factors (if any in your opinion) In my opinion depending on if Mike had consumed alcohol, and driven then he should be blamed. The situations of the decline of Mike’s work even though he has been there for 15 years. There’s the accusations which have arisen of how he goes for drinks at times with other drivers, and supposedly was seen drinking at the bar.But if he had swerved because of a biker then he shouldn’t be blamed unless they found alcohol when tested.
2. Assuming Mike is responsible for everything try to explain your arriving at this conclusion by filling in 3 elements of Kelley’s model-consensus, consistency and …show more content…

In the case of Kelley’s model of high consensus, low consistency, and high distinctiveness. At first I would think of has he gotten into any accidents before which he hadn’t which means he has a low consistency of accidents which would deter me from thinking that he’s trying to trick me. But at the same time Mike has been reported to drink, and seen at the bar before work the day of the accident. I would believe he might have been drinking while driving which would point me towards thinking he was drinking on the job. Then knowing he does the same behavior even when not in a group what say that it's him.
3. What attributional bias/es you think Jennifer Tye might be suffering from? Please explain
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I believe that Jennifer Tye might actually be suffering from false consensus effect as she thinks that most people act like her but they don’t. So, in this case, she got these reports and was surprised of how he did this. So went for the automatic topic of termination. This idea is false as their coworkers drink just like Mike which wase seen as others were seen drinking with him. I believe that
4. What recommendation you will give to Aaron more to clarify his own perception of the

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