If You Are a Manager and Have One Extremely Exceptional

question 18

Multiple Choice

If you are a manager and have one extremely exceptional employee, you need to guard against __________ when evaluating the work of your other employees, because you may have the tendency to compare the characteristics of your other employees with those of the exceptional employee.

• A) contrast effects
• B) halo effects
• C) selective perception
• D) self-fulfilling prophecy
• E) project errors

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Definitions:

High Rates

Instances or occurrences that happen at a greater frequency, often used in statistical and observational contexts.

Outgroup

“Them”—those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup.

Different

Not being the same as another or each other; distinct in nature, form, or quality.

Perceived

The way in which an individual notices or understands something through their senses or interpretation.