Susan's boss is evaluating her performance at work.Susan is known for her ability to complete large volumes of work in short periods of time.She also has excellent time management skills,is good at prioritizing,and is good at delegating tasks.In addition to these strengths,Susan also has certain weaknesses.For instance,she fails to pay attention to detail and tends to make a lot of errors.Susan's boss,however,gives her very similar scores for productivity,efficiency,and accuracy.Which of the following phenomena has been exemplified in this scenario?

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This scenario exemplifies the halo effect, which occurs when a person's overall impression of someone influences their evaluation of specific traits or qualities of that person. In this case, Susan's strengths in productivity, efficiency, and delegation influenced her boss's evaluation of her accuracy, despite her known weakness in attention to detail and tendency to make errors.

Susan's Boss Is Evaluating Her Performance at Work