Josh Evaluates Kandi's Performance and Gives Her an "Outstanding" Based

question 51

Multiple Choice

Josh evaluates Kandi's performance and gives her an "outstanding" based on his knowledge that she came to work everyday earlier than anyone else and therefore she is extremely hardworking. Josh is making which of these errors in perceptual judgment?

• A) Perceptual defense
• B) Projection
• C) Stereotyping
• D) The halo effect
• E) Figure-ground

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