You Observe a Person at the Grocery Store Get Angry

question 259

Multiple Choice

You observe a person at the grocery store get angry and yell at the cashier. Which of these attributions illustrates the fundamental attribution error?

• A) the yeller is a mean, angry person
• B) the cashier is overworked
• C) the yeller has had a bad day
• D) the cashier has had a bad day

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Definitions:

Unreal

Something that is imagined or fantasized and not found in reality; often used in discussions of philosophy, fiction, and art.

Unchanging

Remaining the same over time; not subject to change, variation, or alteration.

Hegel's Idealism

A philosophical approach by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel emphasizing that reality is constructed by the mind and that the material world is an expression of ideas.

All-embracing Spirit

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