Which of the Following Describes the Fundamental Attribution Error

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes the fundamental attribution error?

• A)People seldom make attributions about their own behavior.
• B)The likelihood of making an error attributing the behavior of another person increases with your familiarity of that other person.
• C)We tend to believe that other people have the same beliefs and behaviors that we have.
• D)We tend to believe the behavior of other people is caused more by their motivation and ability than by factors beyond their control.
• E)We tend to believe that colleagues perform their jobs better than we perform our job.

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Definitions:

Regression

A statistical method that models the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables, predicting the former based on the latter.

Analysis of Variance

A statistical method used to test differences between two or more means by analyzing variance.

Independent Samples T-Test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two independent groups in order to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between them.

Dependent Samples T-Test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two related groups.