Anne prefers one-page memos with only the main points of the issue. As a manager, she has limited amounts of time to read about internal problems. So when she prepares memos for her boss, she provides a brief outline of the situation to spare her boss the agony of having to read the boring details. Anne has succumbed to ________.
A) the liking effect
B) assumed similarity
C) the halo effect
D) stereotyping

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Anne has succumbed to assumed similarity, which is the assumption that others share the same beliefs and will react similarly in the same situation. In this case, Anne assumes her boss prefers brief memos just as she does, without necessarily having evidence to support this assumption.

Anne Prefers One-Page Memos with Only the Main Points of the Issue