The fundamental attribution error refers to:
A)the tendency to over attribute a behavior to a cause within the person,rather than to the situation
B)the tendency to over attribute a behavior to a cause within the situation,rather than to the person
C)the tendency to show bias towards people who are different from yourself
D)the tendency to remember recent employee behaviors better than ones that occurred some time ago

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The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal/personal) explanations for someone's behavior rather than looking at situational factors. This happens even when situational variables might be more reasonable explanations for the behavior.

The Fundamental Attribution Error Refers To