LeAnn Attributes Her Not Getting Invited Back for a Second

question 25

Multiple Choice

LeAnn attributes her not getting invited back for a second in-person interview to personal factors, namely, that the interviewer was prejudiced against people from the South (like LeAnn) . This is an example of 

• A) pessimistic explanatory style.
• B) optimistic explanatory style.
• C) lack of explanatory style.
• D) the fundamental attribution error.

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