As you slowly inch your way toward the intersection, you finally see the auto accident that was stalling traffic. As you look at the two drivers standing by their crumpled cars, you think to yourself, "They probably had the accident because they're careless drivers." Your thinking reflects which of the following concepts?

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The statement reflects the fundamental attribution error, which is the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for other people’s behavior and underestimate the situational (external) factors that could have contributed to the behavior. The assumption that the drivers had the accident because they are careless is a dispositional attribution.

As You Slowly Inch Your Way Toward the Intersection, You