The Tendency for Observers to Underestimate Situational Influences and Overestimate

question 26

Multiple Choice

The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate depositional influences on other people's behavior is called the

• A)false consensus bias.
• B)misinformation effect.
• C)fundamental attribution error.
• D)dispositional bias.

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