If You Are a Manager and Have One Extremely Exceptional

question 47

Multiple Choice

If you are a manager and have one extremely exceptional employee, you need to guard against __________ when evaluating the work of your other employees, because you may have the tendency to compare the characteristics of your other employees with those of the exceptional employee.

• A) contrast effects
• B) halo effects
• C) selective perception
• D) the self-fulfilling prophecy
• E) projection

Comprehend the role of stereotypes and prototypes in impression formation and social categorization.

Grasp the principles underlying cognitive algebra in impression formation.

Identify the influence of individual traits on self-schema and perception.

Recognize the impact of vivid and salient stimuli on attention and memory.

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Definitions:

Financial Intermediary

An institution that acts as a middleman between investors and borrowers, helping to channel funds from those with excess money to those in need of funds.

Resale Proceeds

The amount of money received from selling an asset that was previously purchased.

Price-Earnings Ratio

A valuation measure comparing the current share price of a company to its per-share earnings, used to evaluate if a stock is over or undervalued.

Retained Earnings

The portion of a company's profits that is kept or retained and not paid out as dividends to shareholders.