The Fundamental Attribution Error Causes People to Tend to Attribute

question 114

Multiple Choice

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

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

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