In addition to biases existing on the part of people who do the ratings, the people who receive evaluations i.e., the ratees) can be biased as well. One example of ratee bias is egocentric bias, which is best described as the tendency to:
A) evaluate oneself more favorably than others do.
B) believe that one is not in touch with their inner needs.
C) believe that oneself is less fortunate and more incompetent than others.
D) believe that others are envious of one's good looks and competencies.

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Egocentric bias is the tendency to rate oneself more positively than others would rate that person. This bias stems from a self-serving bias tendency where people have a natural inclination to evaluate themselves more positively than other people would evaluate them. Therefore, choice A, i.e., evaluating oneself more favorably than others do, most closely describes egocentric bias.

In Addition to Biases Existing on the Part of People