Question

Before Mark had even heard the details of how Allison's car accident had happened, he commented, "Allison is so absent-minded, I'm sure it happened because she was probably talking on her cell phone and not paying attention." You have just committed an attributional bias called:

Answer 1

Answer: You have just committed an attributional bias called: fundamental attribution error.

Explanation: attributional bies reffers to errors made when people try to explain their own behaviour or other's people behaviour based on their own analysis of social situations. In this case, it's a fundamental attribution error because Mark is making an assumption on Allison's behaviour not considering the influence of situational factors and overemphasising the role of dispositional factors such as the distraction Allison may have in her current actions.