Monica is completing performance evaluations for her employees. She is set to evaluate Tom's performance. He has performed average throughout the evaluation period. All of the employees she has evaluated today were poor performers. Under the contrast effect, Monica is likely to evaluate Tom's performance as ______.
A) very poor
B) very high
C) average
D) poor

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The contrast effect occurs when the evaluation of a person's performance is influenced by the comparison with others. Since Monica has evaluated poor performers earlier, Tom's average performance might seem better in contrast, leading her to evaluate it as very high.

Monica Is Completing Performance Evaluations for Her Employees