William Is Constantly Searching for Employment, but Has Yet to Be

question 179

Multiple Choice

William is constantly searching for employment, but has yet to be hired. While William is outside in the unemployment line, a woman yells at him as she drives by, "Get a job, you lazy bum!" Her assumption about William is an example of the __________.

• A) fundamental attribution error
• B) primary attributional fault
• C) fundamental intervention error
• D) principal retribution inaccuracy

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