Sarah Believes That All Graduates from a Certain University Have

question 35

Multiple Choice

Sarah believes that all graduates from a certain university have poor engineering skills and uses this belief as a base to appraise the performance of all employees from that university. In this case, Sarah's ________ is affecting the appraisal process.

• A) central tendency
• B) narcissism
• C) ethical belief
• D) prejudice

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