What Is the Difference Between the Fundamental Attribution Error and the Self-Serving

question 8

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between the fundamental attribution error and the self-serving bias?

• A) The fundamental attribution error involves attributions of other people, whereas the self-serving bias involves attributions of our own behaviour.
• B) The fundamental attribution error involves situational attributions, whereas the self-serving bias involves dispositional attributions.
• C) The fundamental attribution error involves attributions of our own behaviour, whereas the self-serving bias involves how we attribute others' behaviour to ourselves.
• D) The fundamental attribution error uses faulty logic to attribute behaviour, whereas the self-serving bias attributes others' behaviour to whatever serves us best.

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