Snap Judgement Errors

Judgement errors are actually common and happen on a daily basis (Bethel, 2013). In my personal experiences, the utmost common errors are making snap judgements, sweeping generalizations, and assigning the halo effect to fellow co-workers. I consistently use the first impression to set the tone for a situation. Using this technique does work in certain situations; however, the majority of the time, making a snap judgement does not prove beneficial in all issues. Using snap judgements is making a judgement before having all the facts. For example, several years ago at work I had made a decision to provide a certain type of door for a customer for their cooler; although, the door included the customer’s features and requirements for the

As with making snap judgements, it as common to make sweeping generalizations. A sweeping generalization is using applying an experience or study of one person or one group and apply to a generalization to an entire whole. A great example of this would be when I deal with one person in a grocery store, whether they are helpful and friendly or unhelpful and unfriendly. I apply this generalization to the store as a whole, in truth, this is an extremely poor way to determine the overall account of the employees. Using the halo effect, as well, has validated ineffective. The halo effect is using a few qualities to determine the person is successful at everything. I encountered this issue early in my career while applying for an opening position in my company, the manager asked, who I looked up to in the company”, I replied the name. Later in my career, I realized that I did respect this person; however, she had poor traits in certain areas. At that moment, I decided I would no longer have one person I wanted to work towards; instead, I use several co-workers’ traits some specifics being stronger than others. Overall, common errors in judgement occur frequently, it is important to understand the errors and avoid