Suppose that Aretha grew up in New York, but currently works in California as a Human Resources Director. While she tries to be unbiased when reviewing job applications, she knows that she has a tendency to favor New York applicants over other applicants. That is, she tends to engage in ____.
A) the discontinuity effect
B) ingroup favoritism
C) stigma by association
D) the minimal group effect

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Aretha's tendency to favor applicants from her hometown is an example of ingroup favoritism, which occurs when individuals show preferential treatment to those who belong to the same group as them. The other options are not applicable in this scenario - the discontinuity effect refers to the tendency for groups to become more extreme in their decision-making when they are working together, stigma by association refers to unfairly attributing negative qualities to individuals based on their association with a stigmatized group, and the minimal group effect refers to the tendency for individuals to favor members of a group they have been arbitrarily assigned to.

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