Which of the following describes the fundamental attribution error?
A)People seldom make attributions about their own behavior.
B)The likelihood of making an error attributing the behavior of another person increases with your familiarity of that other person.
C)We tend to believe that other people have the same beliefs and behaviors that we have.
D)We tend to believe the behavior of other people is caused more by their motivation and ability than by factors beyond their control.
E)We tend to believe that colleagues perform their jobs better than we perform our job.

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Fundamental attribution error refers to our tendency to perceive another person's actions caused mainly by internal attributions, whereas we recognize both internal and external causes of our own actions.

Which of the Following Describes the Fundamental Attribution Error