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Shelley Taylor and Susan Fiske (1975)conducted a Clever Experiment in Which

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Shelley Taylor and Susan Fiske (1975) conducted a clever experiment in which a group of participants observed a scripted conversation between two male confederates.Some could see both of the men; others could see the face of only one man or the other.When asked questions about the two confederates (e.g.,who had taken the lead in the conversation) ,participants who had a clear view of both men thought they were equally influential,whereas those who faced one or the other thought that the man whose face they saw was more influential.These results demonstrated that


A) explaining the fundamental attribution error to people makes them resistant to it.
B) the salience of perceptual stimuli can help explain how the fundamental attribution error occurs.
C) the fundamental attribution error applies to others, but not to ourselves.
D) there is no way to make people resistant to the fundamental attribution error.
E) people typically go through two steps in making attributions.

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