Mark Meets Briefly with Applicants for Positions in His Company

question 420

Multiple Choice

Mark meets briefly with applicants for positions in his company and relies on his immediate gut-level first impressions in deciding whether to offer them a job.Mark's employment decisions are most clearly guided by

• A) an operational definition.
• B) the testing effect.
• C) hindsight bias.
• D) intuition.

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Definitions:

Status Generalization

The process by which individuals extrapolate others' broader social status based on limited or irrelevant information.

Sportscaster

A journalist who reports and provides commentary on sports events, either on television or radio.

High Status

Occupying a position of superior rank, prestige, or respect within a social hierarchy.

Foot In The Door

A persuasion technique where a small request is made first to increase the likelihood of agreement to a larger request later.