Multiple Choice
Which of the terms below describes the tendency for an observer to overestimate the role of personal, internal factors in affecting behavior and to underestimate the influence of situational factors?
A) anecdotal error
B) attribution error
C) the fundamental attribution error
D) the overestimating bias
E) none of the above
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