George believes that women have difficulty coping with the stress of executive decisions. Sally is promoted into a senior management position, and George soon complains that Sally won't be able to cope with this job. George is exhibiting which of the following perceptual errors?
A)Stereotyping
B)Recency effect
C)Projection bias
D)Attribution error
E)Halo effect

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George is exhibiting stereotyping, which is the tendency to generalize about a group of people, assuming that they share the same characteristics and abilities. In this case, George is assuming that all women have difficulty coping with executive decisions, which is a biased and unfair assumption.

George Believes That Women Have Difficulty Coping with the Stress