Identifying an Individual with a Group or Category and Then

question 67

Multiple Choice

Identifying an individual with a group or category and then linking oversimplified attributes of the category or group back to the individual is the perceptual distortion mechanism of:

• A) projection.
• B) a neurological disorder.
• C) the halo effect.
• D) selective perception.
• E) stereotyping.

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