Eliza said that the reason she was unable to get a job during the recession was because employers were not hiring in her field, but as soon as they began to hire again she got a job because she is a hard worker. According to Eliza, many other unemployed people did not get jobs because they are simply lazy. What is the thinking error she seems to be making?
A) Confirmation bias
B) Bias blind spot
C) Motivated reasoning
D) Fundamental attribution error

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Eliza is making the fundamental attribution error by attributing her own success to personal characteristics like hard work, while attributing the failure of others to their personal characteristics like laziness, rather than considering external factors such as lack of job opportunities during the recession.

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