The Tendency to Believe That the Behavior of Others Is

question 29

Multiple Choice

The tendency to believe that the behavior of others is caused by dispositional traits such as personality rather than some situational crisis is referred to as:

• A) fundamental attribution error.
• B) functional fixedness.
• C) negative characterization hypothesis.
• D) false personification syndrome.

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