When Myra was completing a performance appraisal on one of her employees,she rated the employee high on reliability and conscientiousness.The next item on the form was accuracy.Even though the employee was only average on accuracy,Myra gave her a high rating.It is likely Myra made an error due to ______.
A) bias
B) stereotyping
C) distribution
D) proximity

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Myra likely made an error due to proximity, meaning she allowed her ratings on one trait (reliability and conscientiousness) to influence her rating on a subsequent, but unrelated, trait (accuracy). This is a common error in performance appraisals where the rater's judgment on one item affects their judgment on the next items.

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