Question

When Karin’s supervisor asks about her work load she says it is fine. In actuality, she spends much of her time on personal calls and recently had to ask her coworkers to do some of her part of the project in order to meet the deadline. This type of deception is known as___________.
a. summarization.
b. general distortion.
c. withholding.
d. gatekeeping.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is b. general distortion.

Explanation:

This type of distortion arises from inappropriate behavior that causes a wrong situation to which the supervisor does not have access, since he bases his opinion according to what Karin mentioned. Possibly her closest colleagues show what is the main cause of the loss of time and comments are generated that can cause her to leave or create a bad work environment, since her actions can affect the fulfillment of all her colleagues.

Answer 2

Answer:

General distortion

Explanation:

Deception refers to the situation whereby an individual or an entity tries to convince another entity into believing what the liar knows is a false information. There are various strategies for deception, ine of them is distortion. Distortion involves being ambiguous and showing equivocality. It is the situation whereby the individual telling the lie does so by not saying the whole truth. By telling her supervisor that it's fine, Karin lied to her supervisor by not telling the whole truth about her workload.