About six months ago, Sally figured out that if she left her house in time to catch the early bus, she would not have to encounter her ex-husband on the way to work. As a result, Sally has been coming to work early. Her colleagues are under the impression that Sally is a hard-charging, ambitious person. Sally's colleagues are subject to:
A) self-serving bias.
B) fundamental attribution error.
C) anchoring error.
D) illusion of control error.
E) halo effect.

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Sally's colleagues are making the fundamental attribution error by attributing Sally's behavior (coming to work early) solely to her personal traits (being hard-charging and ambitious), rather than considering the situational factors (avoiding her ex-husband).

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