Ray Norman has a tendency to assign attributes to someone, not on the basis of individual characteristics, but solely on the basis of a category or group to which that person belongs. Ray's error in perception is called
A) halo and horn effect.
B) stereotyping.
C) selective perception.
D) authoritarianism.
E) dogmatism.

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Stereotyping refers to the act of assigning attributes to someone based on the category or group they belong to rather than their individual characteristics, which is what Ray Norman is doing.

Ray Norman Has a Tendency to Assign Attributes to Someone