Ivan Is Appraising His Team Members Based on Their Performances

question 1

Multiple Choice

Ivan is appraising his team members based on their performances in the last quarter.His appraisal of Otto is based entirely on Otto's poor social skills,and he disregards all of Otto's performance achievements.As a consequence,Otto receives a poor appraisal.Which of the following biases does Ivan have?

• A)An anchoring and adjustment bias
• B)A representativeness bias
• C)A halo/horn bias
• D)An adjustment bias

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