When Making the Fundamental Attribution Error, We Tend to Overestimate

question 365

Multiple Choice

When making the fundamental attribution error, we tend to overestimate the importance of which of the following in judging the behavior of others?

• A)internal causes
• B)situational factors
• C)external causes
• D)motivation

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Definitions:

Sample Proportion

The fraction or percentage of the sample that exhibits a particular property or attribute.

Parameter

A numerical characteristic of a population, such as its mean or variance, which is typically unknown and estimated from sample data.

Binomial Distributions

A type of probability distribution that describes the number of successes in a fixed number of binary (yes/no) experiments.

Discrete Random Variables

Variables in statistics that can take on a countable number of distinct values and are not continuous.