Jenny makes a bad first impression with her supervisor by making a few critical errors when she starts her new job. Her supervisor then tends to view all of Jill's work as substandard, finding flaw and error, in everything she does regardless of its quality. Jill's supervisor is suffering from this evaluative error:
A) Stereotyping
B) Halo effect
C) Contrast error
D) Boomerang effect

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Jill's supervisor is experiencing the Halo effect, which occurs when a single characteristic or incident influences our overall perception of a person or situation. In this case, Jenny's initial mistakes have caused the supervisor to view Jill's work negatively, even if it is of high quality.

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