What Term Refers to Drawing a General Impression About Something

question 109

Multiple Choice

What term refers to drawing a general impression about something or someone based on a single (typically good) characteristic?

• A) the halo effect
• B) first impression bias
• C) selective perception
• D) stereotyping
• E) the Hawthorne effect

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Definitions:

Vaccinated

The state of having received a vaccine to produce immunity against a specific disease.

Blood Type

A system for identifying blood types through the detection or nondetection of inherited antigens on the surfaces of red blood cells.

Association

A statistical relationship between two or more variables, indicating how changes in one variable are connected with changes in another.

Sample Data

A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation, or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.