Brisa recently had a baby. When she returned from maternity leave, her manager assumed that she would want to work fewer hours and would be distracted by things at home. Although Brisa’s performance remained as high as it had been before the baby, her boss gave her lower marks on her performance appraisal. It is likely her manager made an error due to ______.

A. similarity
B. stereotyping
C. proximity
D. contrast


B. stereotyping

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A. Unlike the CISG, the UCC does not require that an offer be stated with sufficient definiteness. B. Unlike the UCC, the CISG does not require that an offer be directed to a specific person or persons. C. Unlike the CISG, the UCC does not require that an offer indicate that the person making the offer intends to be bound by the agreement. D. Unlike the UCC, the CISG does not consider an offer sufficiently definite if it lacks price terms.

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During the taking of a physical inventory on December 31, 2012, inventory was counted as $100,870 instead of the correct amount of $100,780 . The effect of the error on the December 31, 2012 balance sheet and income statement will be: Ending inventory will be ________; ________ will be overstated

a. understated; cost of merchandise sold b. overstated; cost of merchandise sold c. overstated; net income d. understated; gross profit

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A(n) ________ is a contract that transfers possessory interest in a property from the owner to the tenant

A) lease B) license C) accession D) fee tail

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In waiting line problems, the interarrival time is assumed to follow a probability distribution known as ______.

a. Poisson distribution b. binomial distribution c. normal distribution d. negative exponential distribution

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