Your Manager Never Gives You the Benefit of the Doubt

question 92

Multiple Choice

Your manager never gives you the benefit of the doubt. When you were late back from lunch, he assumed that you had simply taken too much time. He never considered that the elevators were out and you had to walk up 10 flights of stairs. Your manager is guilty of _____ .

• A) selective perception
• B) self-serving bias
• C) fundamental attribution error
• D) inconsistency
• E) stereotyping

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Definitions:

Imports

Items or services acquired from overseas to be sold within a country.

Balanced Trade

A situation in which the value of a country's exports equals the value of its imports over a certain period.

Net Exports

The value of a country's exports minus its imports; a positive number indicates a trade surplus, while a negative one indicates a trade deficit.

Trade Surplus

A situation in which a country's exports exceed its imports.