If You Form a General Negative Impression of a Person

question 40

Multiple Choice

If you form a general negative impression of a person based on one prominent characteristic, and it affects your perception of other characteristics of that person, it is called:

• A)a projection bias.
• B)the halo effect.
• C)selective attention.
• D)a self-serving bias.
• E)stereotyping.

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Definitions:

Studentized Residuals

Residuals divided by an estimate of their standard deviation, used in statistics to help identify outliers in a regression analysis.

Histogram

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data, where the data is divided into bins or intervals, and the frequency of the data in each bin is depicted by the height of the bar.

Distribution

In statistics, distribution describes how the values of a dataset or variable are spread or dispersed.

Coefficient

A numerical or constant quantity placed before and multiplying the variable in an algebraic expression (e.g., 4 in 4x).