"Look, Officer, I didn't see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes." The police officer responds, "You were not paying attention." How would a social psychologist describe this situation?
A) Both individuals are making fundamental attribution errors.
B) Both individuals are making situational attributions.
C) The driver is making a dispositional attribution; the officer is making a situational attribution.
D) The driver is making a situational attribution; the officer is making a dispositional attribution.
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