When His Mother Offered to Play Leapfrog with Him,Jorge Protested,"I'm

question 265

Multiple Choice

When his mother offered to play leapfrog with him,Jorge protested,"I'm not going to play a girl's game!" Jorge's reaction best illustrates the impact of

• A) androgyny.
• B) gender schemas.
• C) a pruning process.
• D) collectivism.

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Definitions:

Leniency Error

Leniency error occurs in the assessment process when an evaluator consistently rates individuals more positively than their performance warrants, often due to a desire to avoid conflict or to be perceived as favorable.

Performance Ratings

The assessment and documentation of an employee’s job performance using various methods, including qualitative and quantitative metrics.

Manager

An individual responsible for directing and overseeing the work of a group of people in an organization, making decisions, planning, and implementing strategies to achieve goals.

Severity Error

A bias in performance appraisal where the evaluator tends to judge all employees as performing at the same level, usually at an extreme of performance.