Cedrick,a production manager at Even Manufacturing,evaluated Daisy's overall performance very high,on every performance attribute.Cedrick's rationale was that Daisy is the first to show up every day and therefore she is extremely hard-working.Cedrick is said to be exhibiting which of the following perceptual errors?
A) Self-serving bias
B) Central tendency
C) Contrast effects
D) Recency effects
E) Halo

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Cedrick is exhibiting the halo effect, which occurs when one attribute of a person or object biases the overall impression formed about that person or object. In this case, Cedrick's positive evaluation of Daisy's punctuality is biasing his overall evaluation of her performance as high on every attribute.

Cedrick,a Production Manager at Even Manufacturing,evaluated Daisy's Overall Performance Very