The Fundamental Attribution Error Refers To

question 20

Multiple Choice

The fundamental attribution error refers to:

• A)the tendency to over attribute a behavior to a cause within the person,rather than to the situation
• B)the tendency to over attribute a behavior to a cause within the situation,rather than to the person
• C)the tendency to show bias towards people who are different from yourself
• D)the tendency to remember recent employee behaviors better than ones that occurred some time ago

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Definitions:

Grade Equivalents

A metric used in education to compare a student's test score with the average scores of students in other grades.

NCEs

Normal Curve Equivalents, a type of standardized score used in educational assessments to compare student performance across different age groups and grades.

Bell-shaped Curve

A graphical depiction of a normal distribution of data, where the bulk of data points lie near the mean, creating a symmetrical bell shape.

Percentiles

Statistical values that represent the position of a score in relation to other scores in a distribution, indicating the percentage of scores that lie below it.