Han believes that all his employees do a good job.When he gives performance appraisals, he rates everyone as "average" because he thinks that doing a good job is an average rating.In reality, several of Han's employees are excellent and several are below average.It appears Han is making a(n) _________ error in his performance appraisals.
A)recency
B)contrast
C)attributional
D)distributional
E)ranking

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Han's error is known as distributional error, where he is assuming that all employees are average performers and ignoring the actual differences in their performance levels.

Han Believes That All His Employees Do a Good Job