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The fundamental attribution error refers to our tendency to ________.
 
  A) overestimate the role of situations in causing our own behavior
  B) assume that we can do no wrong
  C) overestimate the role of dispositions in causing others' behavior
  D) overestimate the role of others in causing our own behavior
  E) overestimate the role of situations in causing others' behavior

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Our tendency to perceive the actions of others as caused by their dispositions or personality rather than perceiving the cause of their actions as the situation they are in is known as ________.
 
  A) a self-serving bias
  B) perceptual salience
  C) correspondence bias
  D) the consistency effect
  E) the actor-observer effect


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

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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