When an employee is really good at one aspect of their job, a supervisor may fail to notice that he or she performs another aspect of the job poorly. This is most likely due to
A) the contrast effect.
B) stereotype threat.
C) trait affectivity.
D) the halo effect.

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The halo effect is a cognitive bias in which we tend to generalize our overall impression of a person (either positive or negative) to influence our judgment of that person's specific traits or behaviors. In this case, the supervisor's positive impression of the employee's skills in one area may lead them to assume that the employee is also skillful in other areas, even if evidence suggests otherwise.

When an Employee Is Really Good at One Aspect of Their