The Tendency to Assume That Human Behaviour Is Caused by the Kind

question 72

Multiple Choice

The tendency to assume that human behaviour is caused by the kind of person who enacts it was labeled by Lee Ross (1977) as "the fundamental attribution error" because it is

• A)so pervasive.
• B)culture-specific.
• C)species-specific.
• D)one of the first attribution theories.
• E)acquired so early in life.

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