The _____ is attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor operating within the situation.

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Situational attribution involves attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor operating within the situation, such as the environment, circumstances, or events that influence the person's behavior. This is opposed to internal attribution (B), which attributes behavior to personal disposition or characteristics of the individual, and self-serving bias (D), which involves attributing positive behaviors to internal factors and negative behaviors to external factors. The primacy effect (A) refers to the tendency to remember the first information presented in a series more than later information.

The _____ Is Attributing a Behavior to Some External Cause