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21) You are the recruiter for RESEARCH Inc., where your most recent task is to hire an accountant. Due to the large number of applicants and the fast approaching deadline to hire someone, you have decided to select and interview candidates who appear to be quiet and introspective, given the activities listed on their resumé. You are a. using stereotyping as the basis for your decision. b. using prejudice as the basis for your decision. c. using a shortcut that will likely be very effective in judging individual candidates. d. using self-serving bias. e. using the contrast effect. 22) You are the recruiter for RESEARCH Inc., where your most recent task is to hire a research technician. You have set up an interview schedule to interview six applicants. You notice that in your assessment of the candidates you have been comparing them to one another. You are finding this to be an extremely long process and are not sure if this is very effective. You are a. using stereotyping. b. using contrast effects. c. using selective perception. d. using prejudice. e. using the halo effect. 23) Samir is aware that he has some weaknesses, but he typically tries to make himself feel better by convincing himself that others have the same weaknesses. Samir is engaged in a. the halo effect. b. projection. c. stereotyping. d. interpretation. e. selection. 24) You are the Research Department head and manager for RESEARCH Inc. You have been interviewing candidates with the HR manager all week, and must now make a decision about which one of the candidates to hire. You would like to hire the candidate who graduated from the same university as yourself, has an interest in golfing, just as you do, and who you believe is trustworthy, just as you are. You are a. using projection. b. using the contrast effects. c. using the halo effect. d. using stereotyping. e. using selective perception. 25) Pierre has a tendency to judge people without even knowing them by making generalizations about them based on the groups to which they belong. Pierre is engaged in a. stereotyping. b. projection. c. contrast effect. d. risk management. e. the halo effect. 26) In her quest to expand Northern Beverages, the HR manager acknowledges that she will need to hire an individual who is highly skilled in business strategy. She knows that university graduates who also participated extensively in athletics are usually ambitious and hardworking, compared with university students who did not. If she decides to interview only university grads who were athletes, she is likely engaging in a. projection. b. stereotyping. c. contrast effect. d. risk management. e. the halo effect. 27) SCENARIO 2-1 You are on a team with two individuals who are giving you trouble. The work has been divided among the three of you and each time your team meets, Janet and Jim disagree about the progress of the team project. Janet is convinced that Jim’s lack of progress is because he in inherently lazy and not because of some overwhelming problem with the project itself. The truth seems to be that Janet is not doing her part of the work. Referring to SCENARIO 2-1, you might attempt to understand Janet and Jim by using ________ theory.a. social relevance b. attribution c. optimizing d. satisficing e. perception 28) SCENARIO 2-1 You are on a team with two individuals who are giving you trouble. The work has been divided among the three of you and each time your team meets, Janet and Jim disagree about the progress of the team project. Janet is convinced that Jim’s lack of progress is because he in inherently lazy and not because of some overwhelming problem with the project itself. The truth seems to be that Janet is not doing her part of the work. Referring to SCENARIO 2-1, Janet seems to be guilty ofa. proximity bias. b. ethnocentrism. c. the fundamental attribution error. d. self-serving bias. e. selective perception. 29) SCENARIO 2-1 You are on a team with two individuals who are giving you trouble. The work has been divided among the three of you and each time your team meets, Janet and Jim disagree about the progress of the team project. Janet is convinced that Jim’s lack of progress is because he in inherently lazy and not because of some overwhelming problem with the project itself. The truth seems to be that Janet is not doing her part of the work. Referring to SCENARIO 2-1, Janet may be attributing to Jim some of her own characteristics. She might be usinga. projection. b. the halo effect. c. contrast effect. d. stereotyping. e. selective perception. 30) SCENARIO 2-1 You are on a team with two individuals who are giving you trouble. The work has been divided among the three of you and each time your team meets, Janet and Jim disagree about the progress of the team project. Janet is convinced that Jim’s lack of progress is because he in inherently lazy and not because of some overwhelming problem with the project itself. The truth seems to be that Janet is not doing her part of the work. Referring to SCENARIO 2-1, you have decided after consultation with some of your colleagues in another department that the problem between Janet and Jim must be solved. Somehow Janet must be made aware of the impact of not doing her share of the work. In coming up with an approach to resolve the situation and maintain as much objectivity as possible, you must be careful not to engage ina. selective perception and stereotyping. b. developing a problem solving approach. c. extensive communication with both Janet and Jim. d. devising a system whereby accountability can be realized. e. acting in a leadership capacity.