Yolanda Is Interviewing for a Job as an Engineer

question 88

Multiple Choice

Yolanda is interviewing for a job as an engineer.She is doing very well until the interviewer,a man,asks her if she believes that a woman can handle the responsibilities of being an engineer.After that,she stumbles over answers and becomes distracted.Yolanda is showing the effects of:

• A) self-serving bias
• B) attributional bias
• C) prejudiced attitudes
• D) stereotype threat

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