We tend to overestimate the internal causes of others' undesirable behaviors and underestimate the external causes. Conversely, we are likely to underestimate the internal causes of our own misdeeds and failures and overestimate the external causes
A) prototype.
B) fundamental attribution error.
C) personal construct.
D) stereotype.
E) self-serving bias.

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The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overestimate the internal causes of others' undesirable behaviors and underestimate the external causes. Conversely, we are likely to underestimate the internal causes of our own misdeeds and failures and overestimate the external causes.

We Tend to Overestimate the Internal Causes of Others' Undesirable