According to the Fundamental Attribution Error

question 101

Multiple Choice

According to the fundamental attribution error:

• A)people seldom make attributions about their own behaviour.
• B)the likelihood of making an error attributing the behaviour of another person increases with your familiarity of that other person.
• C)we tend to believe that other people have the same beliefs and behaviours that we have.
• D)we tend to believe the behaviour 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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