Katherine notices that Bob is occasionally late for work. She assumes that he is simply careless. She does not realize that Bob is a single parent with a young child whom he regularly drops off at daycare as soon as it opens. He then must hurry through heavy traffic to be at work on time. Katherine's mistaken attribution is an example of_.

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Bambi

25 November, 23:33

Katherine notices that Bob is occasionally late for work. She assumes that he is simply careless. She does not realize that Bob is a single parent with a young child whom he regularly drops off at daycare as soon as it opens. He then must hurry through heavy traffic to be at work on time. Katherine's mistaken attribution is an example of_.

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The Fundamental Attribution Error

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The Fundamental Attribution Error is social psychology in which person over-emphasize the other person characteristics and ignore the situational factor while judging someone. In such judgment there is more focus on internal factor like person characteristics and no consideration for external factor and situation influence.