Wendy is walking down the street when she suddenly falls down and lands squarely on her backside. A group of girls standing about 50 feet away start laughing hysterically, telling each other what a klutz Wendy is. The unsympathetic girls in this group are making a(n)________ attribution to explain why Wendy fell down.

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The unsympathetic girls are making a dispositional attribution by suggesting that Wendy fell down because she is a klutz, rather than considering situational factors that may have caused the fall.

Wendy Is Walking Down the Street When She Suddenly Falls