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justinmsk

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According to the text, we often fall prey to fundamental attribution error because
 
  a. the actor's situation is invisible to us, while the actor's behavior is obvious.
  b. although there are taxonomies of people, there are no taxonomies of situations.
  c. understanding current behavior is of no help in predicting future behavior.
  d. we seldom if ever have consensus information.

Question 2

In honor of Rosa Parks' contribution to the civil rights movement, the seat behind the driver on buses in major cities was reserved for one day, and people were asked not to sit there.
 
  Some people did actually sit in this seat. Making the assumption that these people were prejudiced or racist is an example of the
   a. use of heuristics.
   b. accuracy of internal attributions.
   c. fundamental attribution error.
   d. covariation effect.


chloejackso

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


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