Question

Wes, the store manager, recently had to fire Andrea, an employee who graduated from Southern College. He felt that Andrea was not well trained at her school. So, when Zeke, also a graduate from Southern College, applied for Andrea’s old position, he did not want to consider hiring him, feeling Zeke also probably did not receive the proper training. Wes was affected by _____ bias.

Answer 1

Answer: representative bias

Explanation: In simple words, representative bias refers to the bias in which an individual fixes his or her perception on an issue based on some similar experiences he or she had in the past.

In the given case, Wes had some poor experiences with hiring Andrea therefore he refuses to recruit Zeke due to his similarity with Andrea regarding their college.

Thus, we can conclude that Wes was affected by representative bias.