Your friend walks past you without speaking to you.You conclude that because your friend is taking an overload of classes this semester,she is preoccupied and did not see you.This illustrates
A) your unwillingness to categorize your friend according to another construct.
B) the degree of complexity of your set of constructs.
C) your set of beliefs about what people are like.
D) how we try to explain the motives and causes of people's behaviour.

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The scenario illustrates how we try to explain the motives and causes of people's behavior. We attribute our friend's behavior to her being preoccupied because of her course load, which is an attempt to explain her actions.

Your Friend Walks Past You Without Speaking to You