Imagine That You Are a Business Executive and You Are

question 8

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are a business executive and you are about to have a meeting with a rival executive whom you know to be a woman. You know nothing else about her, but you imagine that she must be less competitive than your male colleagues-probably more conciliatory. What process are you demonstrating with such thoughts?

• A) intellectualization
• B) stereotyping
• C) differentiation
• D) pragmatics

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Definitions:

Behavior Control

The process of regulating or directing actions and responses to achieve desired outcomes.

Transference

In psychoanalysis, the process by which patients project feelings about significant people in their lives onto the therapist.

Projection

Projection is a psychological defense mechanism where individuals attribute their own undesirable thoughts, feelings, or motives onto someone else.

Feelings Toward

Emotional responses or attitudes an individual has about a particular thing or situation.