If a person who is always late for work is late once again and blames it on a train, coworkers would probably attribute that person's lateness to______ .
A) an external source
B) the individual
C) the car
D) the train

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Coworkers are likely to attribute the person's lateness to the individual's own behavior or characteristics (e.g., poor time management, lack of responsibility) rather than an external factor, due to the person's consistent pattern of being late. This is an example of the fundamental attribution error, where people tend to overemphasize personal characteristics and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behaviors.

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