Suppose that Jane has a job interview. Jane also has visible tattoos. The interviewer for the company sees Jane and thinks that
Jane would not be right for the job and discounts the fact that she has lots of experience. Question: the interviewer is most likely making what error?
The devil effect is normally used to describe a situation where people assume that other people have and may likely exhibit bad characteristics. In most cases, the devil effect error, also called the negative halo effect is always wrong in the sense that the person in question usually do not possess the bad characteristics being assumed.
