An example of the Halo Bias is: a. A female manager shows more favor towards her

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An example of the Halo Bias is:

a.    A female manager shows more favor towards her female subordinates than she does to the male subordinates.

b.    Kathy’s work productivity has declined because she is suffering from a toothache. Kathy’s boss doesn’t know about her toothache and rates her work unfavorably this week.

c.     Jim gives Bill more favorable feedback when he meets with him face-to-face than he would if he was able to give him feedback via e-mail.

d.    A physically attractive team member is perceived to be smart.

Explanation / Answer

An example of the Halo Bias is:A physically attractive team member is perceived to be smart.

Halo Effect is cognitive bias in which overall impression of a person/ team influences his/her evalution of character traits. Here, since the team looks attractive physically, it will create an impression on the on-lookers that they are intelligent or smart.

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