The "Ultimate Attribution Error" Has Been Defined by Pettigrew As

question 75

Multiple Choice

The "ultimate attribution error" has been defined by Pettigrew as:

• A) the tendency to attribute one's own failures to the situation
• B) the tendency for people to make attributions that are consistent with their beliefs or prejudices about others
• C) the tendency to make situational attributions about another's behavior
• D) the tendency to attribute another's behavior to both situational and dispositional factors

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