Question

Amanda Winter worked as a public engagement coordinator at Safe Food Alliance until three months ago when her manager, Laura Morris, promoted her to the position of a sustainable food campaigner. However, soon after this, Laura noticed that Amanda was facing major difficulties in achieving campaign milestones and the project was falling behind schedule due to her lack of performance. Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument that Laura was influenced by the halo effect in her decision to promote Amanda? A) Laura is known to micromanage most of her projects. B) Laura uses cultural stereotyping in order to speed up the process of decision making. C) Laura has made good hiring decisions in the past and is known to be an unbiased judge of character. D) Laura sat in on only one of Amanda's presentations prior to giving her the promotion. E) Laura worked closely with Amanda over a period of eight months. Choose the right answer and then explain why with maximum 250 words

Answer 1

Answer: D) Laura sat in on only one of Amanda's presentations prior to giving her the promotion.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Halo Effect refers to a scenario where a person lets the impression they get of someone or something in one area influence their perceptions of how that person or thing would react in another area.

If Laura indeed sat in on only one of Amanda's presentations prior to giving her the promotion and on this presentation, Amanda gave a stellar performance prompting Laura to believe that she was good in all her other presentations even if she wasn't then this would qualify for the Halo Effect.

Laura should have sat through more of Amanda's presentations to get a better impression of her before she promoted her.