The Fundamental Attribution Error Causes People to Tend to Attribute

question 18

Multiple Choice

The fundamental attribution error causes people to tend to attribute _________.

• A)failures of others to external factors
• B)their own failures to internal factors
• C)their own successes to external factors
• D)successes of others to external factors

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Definitions:

Enforce a Right

The act of legally demanding or ensuring the fulfillment of a legal entitlement or claim.

Civil Law

A legal system based on written codes of law, predominantly used in countries influenced by the European continental system.

Criminal Law

The branch of law that defines and punishes wrongful actions committed against the public.

Legal Positivism

A school of legal thought centered on the assumption that there is no law higher than the laws created by a national government. Laws must be obeyed, even if they are unjust, to prevent anarchy.