One Reason for the Correspondence Bias Is That

question 56

Multiple Choice

One reason for the correspondence bias is that .

• A)we tend to focus our attention on the situation faced by an individual rather than on the individual and his/her behaviors
• B)we tend to use a self-serving bias in explaining others' actions
• C)we tend to weight situational factors more heavily than individual factors when trying to understand someone's behavior
• D)we tend to focus our attention on the individual and his/her behaviors,not on the situation that the individual is in
• E)we tend to think heuristically about external causes of behavior and rationally about internal causes of behavior

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