SCENARIO 2-2 Work on your team is difficult because of the other two individuals.The work has been divided among the three of you,but each time your team meets Janet and Jim disagree about the progress that the team has made on the project.Janet is convinced that Jim's lack of progress is because he is an inherently lazy male rather than because some information is still not available to him because Janet has not completed some of her work according to the schedule she agreed to.The truth seems to be that Janet is not doing her part of the work.
-Referring to Scenario 2-2,Janet may be attributing to Jim some of her own characteristics.She might be exhibiting
A)projection.
B)the halo effect.
C)contrast effect.
D)stereotyping.
E)selective perception.

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Projection is the tendency to attribute to others one's own unacceptable thoughts or feelings. In this scenario, Janet is assuming that Jim's lack of progress is due to laziness, which may actually be her own trait. She is projecting her own characteristic onto Jim, rather than recognizing her own role in the team's difficulties.

SCENARIO 2-2 Work on Your Team Is Difficult Because of the Other