Which of the Following Scenarios Is LEAST Consistent with the Fundamental

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following scenarios is LEAST consistent with the fundamental attribution error?

• A) When someone swerves into your lane while driving, you think to yourself, "This person is a terrible driver!"
• B) When someone at a party smiles at you, you think to yourself, "This person smiles at everyone."
• C) When you slip and fall down at a shopping mall, you think to yourself, "I was born clumsy!"
• D) When someone talks loudly to his or her friend on the bus, you think to yourself, "This person might be talking to someone who has a hearing problem."

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Definitions:

Mean Age

The average age calculated by adding all the ages together and dividing by the number of individuals.

Heights of Men

This term could refer to a study or data collection focusing on measuring and analyzing the heights of male individuals.

Standard Deviation

An index quantifying how data varies in relation to the average, representing the range of data dispersal.

Normally Distributed

A statistical term describing data that follows a bell curve pattern, where most observations fall around the mean, and probabilities for values decrease as they move away from the mean.