Lucienna was just promoted to be the CEO of a large, international, shipping plant. Although her coworkers believe the decision to promote her was based on Lucienna's outgoing personality, in reality the decision to promote her was heavily influenced on current business conditions dictating a need for someone with a strong marketing background, which Lucienna has. Based on this information, Lucienna's coworkers are making the __________ in regards to Lucienna's promotion.
A) projection bias
B) perceptual defense error
C) fundamental attribution error
D) halo effect
E) self-serving bias

Question

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Lucienna's coworkers are making a fundamental attribution error by attributing her promotion to her outgoing personality rather than considering external factors such as business conditions that influenced the decision.

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