When a person assigns causes to another individual's behaviour and assumes that the behaviour is due to that individual's personal characteristics,a(n)________ is made.

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This describes internal attribution, where the cause of the behavior is assumed to be the individual's personal characteristics. Situational attribution would assume the behavior was caused by external factors, attribution error refers to bias in attributing causes, and external attribution describes attributing behavior to external factors.

When a Person Assigns Causes to Another Individual's Behaviour and Assumes