Question

Mr. Rowe and Ms. Dabney meet on a blind date. They get along well until they get into his black convertible to go to a movie. Ms. Dabney is quiet and reserved for the rest of the evening. It turns out that her brother had recently been in a serious accident in that same type of car and seeing it brought up those unwanted emotions. Mr. Rowe assumes that Ms. Dabney has a cold and reserved personality, thereby demonstrating __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

the fundamental attribution error.  

Explanation:

Fundamental attribution error, in psychology, was proposed by one of the famous social psychologists named Lee Ross during 1977 and is determined as an individual's proclivity to describe another person's behavior based on some internal factors or reasons, for example, disposition, and to underestimate the external factor's influences, for example, situational factors that can have on the other person's behavior.

The correct answer for the question above is the fundamental attribution error.