The Fundamental Attribution Error, or the Tendency to Attribute Other

Multiple Choice

The fundamental attribution error, or the tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional traits rather than situational pressures, is evident in the following pattern of thinking:

A) Colin often lies but he was coerced to say the truth about what he saw and he did.
B) The weather was terrible and so the burglar decided not to use the fire escape.
C) Matthias was very tired and that is why he has quit the competition mid-way through.
D) The robber stumbled because he was clumsy and not because the road was slippery.