After Reading a Newspaper Article About Teenagers Who Illegally Download

Multiple Choice

After reading a newspaper article about teenagers who illegally download music from the Internet, you conclude that those who engage in such behavior are morally bankrupt. It never occurs to you that the reason teenagers download music from the Internet is because they are not able to afford the price of a compact disc, or the temptation to download, coupled with the peer pressure to do so, is often great. Your thinking on this matter can be characterized by the

A) false consensus bias.
B) misinformation effect.
C) fundamental attribution error.
D) dispositional bias.