While the professor is answering a student's question, she walks toward the student and trips over the student's backpack. If the students in the room are typical of most observers, they will attribute the teacher's behavior to:

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Observers often attribute others' actions to internal characteristics (like clumsiness) rather than external situations, a tendency known as the fundamental attribution error.

While the Professor Is Answering a Student's Question, She Walks