Question

George believes that women have difficulty coping with the stress of executive decisions. Sally is promoted into a senior management position and George soon complains that Sally won't be able to cope with this job. George is exhibiting which of the following perceptual errors? 1. Attribution error 2. Stereotyping 3. Projection bias 4. Halo error 5. Recency error

Answer 1

Answer:

2. Stereotyping

Explanation:

Stereotyping is a prejudiced view of a person based on a mistaken belief or idea of many people.

George had a belief that women have difficulty coping in stressful situations and making executive decisions. When Sally is promoted to a senior management position his stereotype of women comes to play as George starts to complain that Sally would not be able to cope with the job.