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qid 2574 · psychology
Question: An employee expects greater consistency in the behavior of his boss than is warranted. The employee’s expectation is best accounted for by which of the following?
- cognitive dissonance theory
- self-serving bias
- self-verification theory
- social comparison theory
- fundamental attribution bias
- actor-observer bias
- hindsight bias
- overjustification hypothesis
- self-perception theory
Our answer: E. fundamental attribution bias Source quote machine-checked (exact quote)
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Wikipedia, "Fundamental attribution error"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error
“is a cognitive attribution bias in which observers underemphasize situational and environmental factors for the behavior of an actor while overemphasizing dispositional or personality factors”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error
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