When Douglas, an Employee at Donovan Corp

question 6

Multiple Choice

When Douglas, an employee at Donovan Corp., was unable to complete a project on time, his manager, Tyler, assumed that Douglas missed the deadline because he was insincere. However, Douglas could not meet the deadline because his computer was infected with malware. In this scenario, Tyler's perception of Douglas represents a _____.

• A) selective attribution error
• B) defensive bias
• C) self-serving bias
• D) fundamental attribution error

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