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discipline exhibit rather schematic and inelastic way of behaving, but, interestingly, they have very
little in common. Outcome orientation can be roughly qualied as laissez-faire management style
(Bass 1990), whereas formal discipline is characterized by tight control and strong interest in all
activities that lead to success. However, both styles follow a pattern of uncomplicated behavioral
acts characterized by clear-cut approach to managing. These two effects seem to justify the idea
that typicality is reected in tendencies to use unsophisticated categories in understanding the real-
ity and making decisi ...