Evadne, a teacher at an elementary school is completing a rating scale for one her students. The teacher has often complained about the student to the school counselor, leaving a bad impression about the student on the school counselor. Which of the following rating scale errors is most likely to occur?(a) Severity
(b) Negative halo
(c) Social desirability
(d) Response Deviance

The correct answer is letter "B": Negative halo.

Explanation:

American psychologist Edwin Thorndike (1874-1949) coined the term "Halo Effect" to refer to the biased perception individuals create by generalizing one positive aspect of another individual they do not know. That single feature of that person makes the individual believes the recently met person has positive features in all other areas of his or her personality.

When the individual perceives a negative characteristic on another person and qualifies that person as negative, then the inverse effect of the halo is used which is called "Horns effect" or "Negative halo".

Thus, the counselor at the elementary school in the case is being subject to the horn's effect.

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a is the final ! : )