Five people will get a scholarship today. Four good and one average person interviewed in the morning. Four bad and one average person interviewed in the afternoon. The four good people in the morning got the scholarship, and because the average person in the afternoon looked so good compared to the bad people in the afternoon, that person got the scholarship in spite of being identical to the average person in the morning. What performance appraisal error is demonstrated here?
A. Attribution error
B. Primacy error
C. Proximity error
D. Similarity error
E. Contrast error
E. Contrast error
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Which of the following statements is true of sensing, a dimension of effective listening?
A. It involves understanding the meaning, interpreting the implications of a message. B. It involves hearing the words and receiving the nonverbal signals. C. It involves evaluating the nonverbal cues of a speaker and remembering the message. D. It involves a listener sending the speaker verbal or nonverbal signals.
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