The First Step in Overcoming Attribution Biases Is To

question 60

Multiple Choice

The first step in overcoming attribution biases is to:

• A) engage in perspective-taking.
• B) engage in automatic information processing.
• C) make external attributions about the causes of events.
• D) use one's emotions and feelings to assess information subjectively.
• E) process emotions arising from defense mechanisms that work to protect one's ego.

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