If You See Someone Weaving Through Traffic at Great Speed

question 189

Multiple Choice

If you see someone weaving through traffic at great speed, you might say he is a terrible driver and hope he gets stopped. What you don't know is that the driver is a husband rushing his wife to the hospital because she is about to deliver their baby. What you have just committed is the ________ error.

• A) actor-observer bias
• B) fundamental attribution
• C) stereotype
• D) prejudicial bias

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