On her first day on the job, Caryn said something rude to one of her coworkers. Since then, however, she has always been polite and friendly to her coworkers. If her supervisor rates her as being impolite on her performance evaluation, that supervisor may be making which type of error?

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The supervisor may be making a primacy error, which occurs when initial impressions (in this case, Caryn's rude comment on her first day) overly influence later judgments, overshadowing subsequent behavior that contradicts that first impression.

On Her First Day on the Job, Caryn Said Something