Jeff, a Supervisor, Learns That His Subordinate, Javier, Supports a Football

question 88

Multiple Choice

Jeff, a supervisor, learns that his subordinate, Javier, supports a football team that he likes. He also learns that they both like listening to the same genre of music. During an appraisal, these factors heavily influence Jeff's assessment of Javier. This scenario is an example of

• A) hindsight bias.
• B) similarity bias.
• C) confirmation bias.
• D) proximity bias.

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