When an Observer Blames Another Person's Performance Failures or Problems

question 155

Multiple Choice

When an observer blames another person's performance failures or problems more on internal factors relating to the individual than on external factors relating to the environment, the observer is ___.

• A) making a fundamental attribution error
• B) promoting a self-serving bias
• C) doing a legitimate performance appraisal
• D) applying the Internal Factor Theory
• E) applying the External Factor Theory

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