The Fundamental Attribution Error, or the Tendency to Attribute Other

question 9

Multiple Choice

The fundamental attribution error, or the tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional traits rather than situational pressures, is evident in the following pattern of thinking:

• A) Colin often lies but he was coerced to say the truth about what he saw and he did.
• B) The weather was terrible and so the burglar decided not to use the fire escape.
• C) Matthias was very tired and that is why he has quit the competition mid-way through.
• D) The robber stumbled because he was clumsy and not because the road was slippery.

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