Timothy Was Hiring a New Financial Analyst, and He Had

question 103

Multiple Choice

Timothy was hiring a new financial analyst, and he had several good candidates. He was leaning toward hiring Jade, a Japanese American woman, because he thinks Asians are better at math. Timothy is exhibiting which distortion in perception?

• A) racism
• B) recency effect
• C) stereotyping
• D) Pygmalion effect
• E) self-serving bias

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