Sarah believes that all graduates from a certain university have poor engineering skills and uses this belief as a base to appraise the performance of all employees from that university. In this case, Sarah's ________ is affecting the appraisal process.
A) central tendency
B) narcissism
C) ethical belief
D) prejudice

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Sarah is using a preconceived and negative belief about graduates from a specific university to evaluate their performance, which is an example of prejudice. Option A is incorrect as central tendency refers to the tendency of raters to give average ratings to all employees, regardless of their actual performance. Option B is incorrect as narcissism refers to excessive self-love and self-centeredness, which is not applicable in this scenario. Option C is incorrect as ethical belief refers to an individual's personal moral values and has no relevance to this appraisal process.

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