Question

Laurel, the manager of a software company, assumes that the male employees in her organization are more creative and innovative than the female employees in her organization. In the given scenario, Laurel’s assumption is known as _____.

Answer 1

Stereotyping

Step-by-step explanation:

Stereotyping means making an assumption, which might not be true about an individual or a group of people by another person or group. Stereotyping occurs when the individual fails to do in-depth research about the person he/she is making assumptions about. Stereotyping can be neutral positive or negative.

Laurel is just making assumptions about her male employees been more creative than their female counterpart creativity. Laurel doesn't have fact to back this up, therefore laurel is stereotyping female employees in her organization.