Sean Was Recently Hired to Join the Marketing Team at Axon

question 112

Multiple Choice

Sean was recently hired to join the marketing team at Axon International. He will be starting at the company in two weeks. Sean has the reputation of being an expert in ad campaigns and catching the attention of the target audience. However, he also has the reputation of not getting along with anyone. He doesn't care much about where and for whom he works but is primarily motivated to achieve goals for himself and beat his own records. As soon as Amanda heard about Sean joining the team, she turned in her resignation. Ashton, another team member, called Sean and met him for lunch to express all the team members' concerns and to smooth things out before Sean formally joins the team. Ashton's reaction can be described as _____.

• A) voice
• B) neglect
• C) loyalty
• D) exit
• E) ignorance

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Definitions:

Other-race Effect

The cognitive tendency to more easily recognize faces of the race that one is most familiar with, which often leads to difficulty in distinguishing faces from races less encountered.

Stereotyping

The act of generalizing attributes, characteristics, or behaviors to all members of a particular group without considering individual differences.

Ingroup Bias

The tendency to favor members of one's own group over those from different groups, often leading to prejudiced attitudes or discrimination.

Selective Attention

The cognitive process of focusing on a particular object in the environment for a certain period of time while ignoring irrelevant information that is simultaneously occurring.