Travis Randall often boasts of his ability to "size up" candidates interviewing for a new job in the first 30 seconds of the interview. He notes that the rest of the interview is spent collecting information to prove to his boss why his initial assessment is correct. This is an example of ________.
A) stereotype
B) bias
C) primacy effect
D) schema

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This is an example of the primacy effect, where the first impression has a disproportionate influence on one's evaluation of subsequent information. Travis Randall forms an initial judgment in the first 30 seconds and then spends the rest of the interview looking for evidence to support this first impression.

Travis Randall Often Boasts of His Ability to "Size Up