Question

Ted was hiring a new financial analyst, and he had several good candidates. He was leaning toward hiring Akiko, a Japanese American woman, because he thinks Asians are better at math. Ted is exhibiting which distortion in perception? A. Racism. B. The recency effect. C. A fundamental attribution error. D. Stereotyping.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is D. Stereotyping

Explanation:

Stereotyping is the tendency to attribute to an individual the characteristics one believes are typical of the group to which that individual belongs. It is the over generalized belief about a particular set of people.  

Hence Ted is  said to be a stereotype because he is generalizing that Asians are better in math

Therefore the answer is D. Stereotyping