Brenda Has Not Turned in Her Homework for Over a Week

question 1

Multiple Choice

Brenda has not turned in her homework for over a week and her teacher assumes that she is lazy and unmotivated.It never occurs to Brenda's teacher that she is under a lot of stress and dealing with difficult life circumstances.The teacher's explanation for Brenda's behavior can be considered an example of:

• A) the correspondence bias.
• B) the planning fallacy.
• C) the attributional error effect.
• D) the false consensus effect.

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