Holly lost her homework,which was a rare occurrence.While speaking to her professor about the situation,another student in the class mentioned that he had lost his homework as well.Holly concluded that the other student had NOT really lost his homework-he was using the excuse because he had NOT done his homework at all.What attribution process is illustrated by this example?

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The actor-observer effect is illustrated in this example, where Holly attributes her own homework loss to external circumstances (a rare occurrence), but attributes the other student's loss to internal characteristics or dispositions (not having done the homework).

Holly Lost Her Homework,which Was a Rare Occurrence