Sylvester Is 57 and His Company Is Downsizing

question 94

Multiple Choice

Sylvester is 57 and his company is downsizing. He knows that his position is one that will be cut so he has started to prepare his résumé to look for a new job. Hunter tells him not to bother, as he will not get another job, at least not one that is equivalent to his current job. He tells Sylvester that things have changed since Sylvester went to college and that he couldn't realistically offer too much in the workforce today. Hunter is demonstrating a(n)

• A) causal attribution.
• B) age stereotype.
• C) recency effect.
• D) implicit bias.
• E) halo effect.

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