The Tendency to Underestimate the Influence of External Factors on Another's

question 109

Multiple Choice

The tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors on another's behaviour and to overestimate the influence of internal factors is called:

• A) perceptual distortion
• B) closure activity
• C) the fundamental attribution error
• D) stereotyping
• E) perceptual grouping.

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