You and your friend have a fight and say very hurtful "things" to each other. In judging your own behavior, you say to yourself, "I was justified in saying those things to her because she betrayed me." In judging how your friend acted during the fight, you say "She had no right to say those things to me. She is a liar and an ungrateful person." In your interpretation of your friend's behavior, you are the observer assigning a(n)__________ cause.

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In this scenario, by attributing your friend's behavior to her being a "liar and an ungrateful person," you are assigning an internal cause to her actions. This means you believe her actions stem from her personal characteristics or disposition, rather than external circumstances.

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