Sally's daughter just started going to school and because of which Sally has been coming to work early for the past few weeks.Her colleagues are under the impression that Sally is trying too hard for a promotion.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 an assumption about her behavior (coming to work early) and attributing it to a personal characteristic (trying too hard for a promotion) rather than considering external factors (her daughter starting school). This is an example of the fundamental attribution error, where people tend to overemphasize dispositional (internal) factors in explaining others' behavior and underemphasize situational (external) factors.

Sally's Daughter Just Started Going to School and Because of Which