The tendency to give too much emphasis to personal factors when accounting for other people's actions is called _______.
A)the primacy effect
B)defensive attribution
C)fundamental attribution error
D)the just world hypothesis

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The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (personal) factors and overlook situational factors when explaining other people's behavior.

The Tendency to Give Too Much Emphasis to Personal Factors