Warren Tells Corr That He Can't Believe It, but He

question 75

Multiple Choice

Warren tells Corr that he can't believe it, but he scored 98% on his linear algebra midterm. Corr decides that Warren must be very bright if he earns such high grades in math courses. What is illustrated by this example?

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

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