The recency effect is a potential rater bias that occurs when:
A) the rater has done too many employee evaluations recently
B) the employee has just recently started the job and is therefore given an improper evaluation
C) the rater has just recently started the job and cannot fairly evaluate the employee
D) the rater allows recent employee actions to unduly sway their performance evaluation
E) performance standards have just recently been developed

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The recency effect occurs when the rater allows recent employee actions to unduly influence their performance evaluation. This means that the rater is focusing too much on recent behavior and not taking into account the employee's overall performance over a longer period of time.

The Recency Effect Is a Potential Rater Bias That Occurs