While walking down a crowded city street,we hear someone sound his car horn to try to get traffic moving.If we use actor-observer bias to attribute cause to the horn honking,we will:

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According to actor-observer bias, we tend to attribute others' behavior to their internal characteristics (such as personality or disposition) rather than the situation or environment. In this case, we are more likely to attribute the cause of the horn honking to the driver's impatience rather than to the traffic situation. Therefore, option D, considering the horn honker to be impatient, is the best choice. Options A, B, and C do not necessarily reflect the bias described by actor-observer.

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