Avoiding extreme judgments and rating people and objects as average or neutral is known as the _______ perceptual error.
A) Halo
B) Leniency
C) Central tendency
D) Recency
E) Contrast effects

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Central tendency is the tendency to avoid extreme judgments and rate people and objects as average or neutral. This is a common perceptual error in performance evaluation. The Halo effect is the tendency to generalize positive or negative impressions of a person based on a single trait or characteristic. Leniency is the tendency to rate all employees as above average. Recency is the tendency to give more weight to recent events or behaviors. Contrast effects occur when a person's evaluation of someone or something is influenced by the comparison with another person or thing.

Avoiding Extreme Judgments and Rating People and Objects as Average