There is a saliency bias associated with attribution. Which statement below most closely describes the meaning?
A)Some personalities/behaviors are more noticeable than situational factors
B)Some people just look/act guilty, so you recognize that
C)It's a kind of cause/effect behavior
D)There's no such thing

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Saliency bias is the tendency to focus attention on vivid (salient) or more noticeable factors when explaining the causes of behavior. The fact that the more noticeable factors out show the situational factors help us to make quicker judgments. This leads to another factor called "blaming the victim."

There Is a Saliency Bias Associated with Attribution