"Look, Officer, I didn't see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes." The police officer responds, "You were not paying attention." How would a social psychologist describe this situation?
A) both individuals were making fundamental attribution errors
B) both individuals were making situational attributions
C) the driver was making a dispositional attribution; the officer was making a situational attribution
D) the driver was making a situational attribution; the officer was making a dispositional attribution
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