Ted Was Hiring a New Financial Analyst,and He Had Several

question 49

Multiple Choice

Ted was hiring a new financial analyst,and he had several good candidates.He was leaning toward hiring Akiko,a Japanese American woman,because he thinks Asians are better at math.Ted is exhibiting which distortion in perception?

• A)racism
• B)recency effect
• C)stereotyping
• D)Pygmalion effect
• E)self-serving bias

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A common cavity at the end of the digestive tract for the release of both excretory and genital products in many vertebrates, excluding most mammals.

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