A student learns about the results of Milgram's study of obedience and says,"Those participants were so cruel! I'm not cruel,so I would never deliver shocks to another person." This student is committing the fundamental attribution error.

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The student is attributing the behavior of the participants solely to their personal characteristics rather than situational factors, such as the authority figure and the experimental setting. This is an example of the fundamental attribution error.

A Student Learns About the Results of Milgram's Study of Obedience