Question

A manager believes that he should not hire older workers because they can't learn new skills. This belief is an example of ________.

A) an anchoring bias
B) a fundamental attribution error
C) a confirmation bias
D) a self-serving bias
E) stereotyping

Answer 1

E) Stereotyping

Step-by-step explanation:

An stereotype is a concept, idea or way of being attributed to people in a preconceived way and without theoretical foundations, in this order of ideas the manager's beliefs are based on the idea that the old people don't have the capacity to learn new things or create new ways to do things because they are not prone to change for the experience that they have and the wrong thinking that the knowledge they got will be valid for all the life.

Answer 2

E is the correct answer.

The manager is making (illegal) hiring decisions based on a stereotype that "old dogs can't learn new tricks"