Brittany is arguing with Michael about his article in the school newspaper, in which Michael advocates raising student tuition.
Michael claims that Brittany is committing the fundamental attribution error. This means that Brittany did which of the following? a) assumed that Michael was not really pro tuition increase, and agreed that Michael only wrote the article because the editor asked him to write the articleb) thought that Michael wrote the article equally because he is pro tuition increase and because he is personally pro tuitionc) thought that Michael's perspective on tuition increase depended on the perspectives of people around himd) ignored the fact that Michael was asked by the editor to write the article, and asserted that Michael wrote it only because he is personally pro tuition increasee) thought that Michael's perspective on tuition increase was due to both situational and dispositional attributions, in equal amounts
ignored the fact that Michael was asked by the editor to write the article, and asserted that Michael wrote it only because he is personally pro tuition increase
Here is an explanation of the fundamental attribution error using this scenario:
Brittany is trying to explain the reason for Michael's behavior; that is advocating for a raise in students tuition. In doing this Brittany overemphasizes Michael's personality by saying he is personally pro tuition increase and underemphasizes the fact that Michael was asked to write the article by the editor. This can put a strain in their relationship.
