The Fundamental Attribution Error Refers to How People Tend to __________

question 147

Multiple Choice

The fundamental attribution error refers to how people tend to __________ the importance of personal factors and ___________ the importance of situational factors when explaining other people's behaviour.

• A)overestimate; overestimate
• B)overestimate; underestimate
• C)underestimate; overestimate
• D)underestimate; underestimate

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A quick judgment method drawn from examples that surface quickly in one's thoughts when deliberating over a specific area, theory, approach, or verdict.

Independent

Not influenced or controlled by others; acting or existing freely.

Evolutionary Theorists

Scholars who study how evolutionary principles like natural selection explain the development and behavior of organisms.

Irrational

Pertaining to actions, decisions, or beliefs that lack reason, logic, or coherence, often based on emotional responses rather than facts.