The tendency to make attributions to internal causes when focusing on someone else's behavior is:
A)remedied by the discounting principle
B)known as the fundamental attribution error
C)has been shown to not be related to cultural pre-dispositions
D)known as the fundamental cognitive error

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The tendency to make attributions to internal causes when focusing on someone else's behavior is known as the fundamental attribution error. This is a common psychological bias that causes individuals to overemphasize dispositional factors (internal causes) when explaining someone else's behavior, while often ignoring situational factors (external causes).

The Tendency to Make Attributions to Internal Causes When Focusing