Halo Effects Occur When

Multiple Choice

Halo effects occur when:

A) people ascribe to others the characteristics or feelings that they possess themselves.
B) attributes are assigned to an individual solely on the basis of his or her membership in a particular social or demographic group.
C) the perceiver singles out certain information that supports or reinforces a prior belief, and filters out information that does not confirm that belief.
D) people generalize about a variety of attributes based on the knowledge of one attribute of an individual.