When a Person Assigns Causes to Another Individual's Behavior and Assumes

question 49

Multiple Choice

When a person assigns causes to another individual's behavior and assumes that the behavior is due to the situation that the individual finds himself/herself in, a(n) _____ is made.

• A)dispositional attribution
• B)fundamental error in judgment
• C)internal attribution
• D)external attribution

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