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Participants in an experiment judged a woman as unfriendly, even though they were told her unfriendliness was part of her trained role in the experiment. This tendency to overemphasize personal factors and underemphasize situational factors is called
 
  A) the fundamental attribution error.
  B) action identification.
  C) the actor-observer difference.
  D) illusion of control.

Question 2

The fundamental attribution error may occur because humans ________ the impact of the situation because ________.
 
  A) underrepresent; of the compacting nature of memory
  B) overrepresent; of the expanding nature of memory
  C) underrepresent; it is often less visible to the observer
  D) overrepresent; it is often extremely salient to the observer



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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