Question

Which of the following individuals commits a fundamental attribution error? Nadia blames Claude's bad grades on his being less intelligent. Monique defends Paul's bad academic performance, noting that he works 50 hours a week at his job and still attends school. Rita states that Duncan must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed today because he is so nasty and grumpy. Carl asks Natalia to go with him to the cafeteria to eat, and they both comment that the food will be really bad.

Answer 1

Answer:

Nadia blames Claude's bad grades on his being less intelligent.    

Explanation:

Fundamental attribution error in social psychology is also known as attribution effect or correspondence bias in which a person have a tendency to explain other person's traits or behaviors is due to the internal factors and the behavior of own self is due to external causes or external influence.

In the context, Nadia is blaming Claude for getting low grades in the test because she she thinks that Claude is not intelligent. This shows a fundamental attribution error where Nadia says that Claude's low intelligence is responsible for his low grades in test.