Actor–observer bias vs. fundamental attribution error
When another driver cuts her off, a commuter concludes he is reckless. When she cuts someone off, she blames poor visibility. This pattern best illustrates:
Answer B: explanation for every choice
The fundamental attribution error explains only half of the scenario: overestimating dispositional causes for others. The contrast between self and other defines a different bias.
Correct. People attribute others' behavior to disposition and their own behavior to the situation.
Self-serving bias concerns outcome valence: crediting your successes internally and blaming failures externally. The stem compares self versus other for the same act.
The just-world hypothesis is the belief that people get what they deserve, often leading to victim blaming.
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