A Weakness in the Notion of the Fundamental Attribution Error

question 85

Multiple Choice

A weakness in the notion of the fundamental attribution error is that

• A)people ignore dispositional factors when making attributions.
• B)in many cases we have ample evidence to make an attribution,but we ignore the evidence.
• C)research support for the idea that situational factors are totally neglected when making attributions is lacking.
• D)most people do not attribute behavior to either situational or dispositional factors.

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