Jill Is Interviewing Six Candidates for a Position as an Entry

Multiple Choice

Jill is interviewing six candidates for a position as an entry -level management trainee. The first two candidates were judged unfavorable. The third candidate was just average, but Jill was so pleased to find an acceptable candidate after the first two interviews that she assigned a better rating to candidate 3. This is an example of a .

A) recency error
B) contrast error
C) context error
D) order effect
E) primacy effect