Mike has a tendency to underestimate the importance of external factors and overestimate the importance of internal factors when making attributions regarding the behavior of others.This is an example of the _________ attribution error.
A) internal
B) self-serving
C) fundamental
D) mixed loci

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This is an example of the fundamental attribution error, which refers to the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for others' behavior and underestimate situational (external) factors. The self-serving bias (B) refers to the tendency to attribute success to internal factors and failure to external factors, and the mixed loci (D) is not a recognized attribution error. The internal attribution error (A) would refer to consistently attributing behavior solely to dispositional factors.

Mike Has a Tendency to Underestimate the Importance of External