SCENARIO 2-1 You Are on a Team with Two Individuals Who Are

question 37

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 2-1
You are on a team with two individuals who are giving you trouble.The work has been divided among the three of you and each time your team meets,Janet and Jim disagree about the progress of the team project.Janet is convinced that Jim's lack of progress is because he in inherently lazy and not because of some overwhelming problem with the project itself.The truth seems to be that Janet is not doing her part of the work.

-Referring to SCENARIO 2-1,Janet may be attributing to Jim some of her own characteristics.She might be using

• A)projection.
• B)the halo effect.
• C)contrast effect.
• D)stereotyping.
• E)selective perception.

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