Four Employees Were Given an IQ Test Before Beginning Work

question 69

Multiple Choice

Four employees were given an IQ test before beginning work at Smart Solutions. Don the manager was very impressed with the scores of Stacy and Jean. He always made sure to give them the difficult assignments. When there were openings for higher level positions, he suggested Stacy and Jean as being the most qualified. Don's choices may have been affected by ________.

• A) leniency bias
• B) the contrast effect
• C) the primacy effect
• D) knowledge-of-predictor bias

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