The Fundamental Attribution Error Is Most Likely to Lead Observers

question 93

Multiple Choice

The fundamental attribution error is most likely to lead observers to conclude that unemployed people

• A) are victims of discrimination.
• B) are irresponsible and unmotivated.
• C) have parents who provided poor models of social responsibility.
• D) attended schools that provided an inferior education.

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Definitions:

Language Learning

The process of acquiring the ability to comprehend and communicate within a language system, typically occurring in human early development and through exposure to the language.

A-not-B Effect

A cognitive error observed in young children where they will search for an object in a location where it was previously found (location A) rather than its new location (location B), even after they see it moved.

Object Location

The specific place or position at which an object resides or can be found.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed.