Elise Recently Quit Her Job at a Well-Known Insurance Company

question 165

Multiple Choice

Elise recently quit her job at a well-known insurance company and started a home-based business preparing medical transcriptions for doctors. Based on recent statistics, she can expect

• A) a negative reaction from friends and family who wonder when she will get a real job.
• B) the emergence of affordable technology will make it less challenging for her to compete with larger firms offering the same service.
• C) the government will discourage her attempts to create a home-based business in the hopes that she will opt for locating in an enterprise zone.
• D) to find security, routine, and a paycheck from her new enterprise.

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Definitions:

Implicit Personality Theories

Personal theories that people have about which personality characteristics go together.

Central Traits

Personal characteristics of a target person that are of particular interest to a perceiver.

Honesty

The quality of being fair and truthful, an essential component of ethical behavior and trust-building in personal and professional relationships.

Stereotyping

The tendency to generalize about people in a certain social category and ignore variations among them.