Heika and Lucille Were Both Passed Over for a Promotion

question 125

Multiple Choice

Heika and Lucille were both passed over for a promotion at work.Heika is sure that the boss does not like him,but he believes that Lucille was passed over because she is really a poor worker.Her attribution of the cause of the even be explained in terms of

• A) the fundamental attribution error.
• B) the actor-observer effect.
• C) a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• D) cognitive dissonance.
• E) stereotyping.

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