Author Question: Sheila shows up for a blind date with her hair disheveled and her clothes a mess. Her date, Jamal, ... (Read 165 times)

NguyenJ · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Sheila shows up for a blind date with her hair disheveled and her clothes a mess. Her date, Jamal, thinks, She must be a total slob Jamal's thought about Sheila is an example of

a. individual differences.
b. the fundamental attribution error.
c. a strong social situation.
d. gender differences in perception.

Question 2

The tendency most people have to discount situational explanations of behavior in favor of personality characteristics or traits is called the

a. character bias.
b. discounting effect.
c. fundamental attribution error.
d. blame assignment bias.