John has just arrived for his first performance review with…
John has just arrived for his first performance review with the new supervisor, Karen. When John walks into the room, Karen immediately notices that John is covered in tattoos. Karen hates tattoos because her mother always taught her that only people with questionable morals get inked. During John’s performance appraisal, Karen cannot stop thinking about why the company would want to employ someone with so many tattoos, and she manages to distort her perceptions of John’s performance to match her initial perception that he is ethically questionable (at best). What bias error is Karen experiencing?
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