Multiple choice

Which of the following best explains the central tendency error?

  1. The tendency of people to rate attractive individuals more favourably for their personality traits or characteristics (some desirable trait) than those who are less attractive.

  2. The tendency of not using an extreme scale scores on the judgement scale and most of the rates are clustered in the middle.

  3. The error caused by the tendency of the lenient rater to put most of the rates on the higher side of the scale, while the tough rater places them on the lower side of the scale.

  4. The tendency of the rater to remember the recent actions of the employee at the time of rating.

  5. None of these
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Explanation

The central tendency error refers to the tendency of not using extreme scale scores on the judgement scale and most of the rates are clustered in the middle.

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