The Judgment That a Person's Behavior Is Caused by His/her

question 43

Multiple Choice

The judgment that a person's behavior is caused by his/her personality is called a(an)

• A) external inference.
• B) dispositional inference.
• C) consensus judgment.
• D) person-situation interaction.

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