Margaret and Jack are working on a high-priority project with a tight deadline. When Margaret is unable to meet the deadline, Jack attributes it to her clumsiness. However, when he is unable to meet the same deadline, he blames it on poor planning by his manager. This scenario exemplifies ________.

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Jack's behavior illustrates the fundamental attribution error, where he attributes his own failure to external circumstances (poor planning by his manager) but blames Margaret's failure on her personal characteristics (clumsiness), rather than considering external factors that might have affected her performance.

Margaret and Jack Are Working on a High-Priority Project with a Tight