Question

William is constantly searching for employment, but has yet to be hired. While William is outside in the unemployment line, a woman yells at him as she drives by, "Get a job, you lazy bum!"Her assumption about William is an example of the:_______________.
a. fundamental attribution error.
b. primary attributional fault.
c. fundamental intervention error.
d. principal retribution inaccuracy.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. fundamental attribution error.  

Explanation:

The fundamental attribution error is one of the key concepts in psychology which was proposed by a social psychologist named Lee Ross during 1977. It is described as a person's proclivity to explain the other person's behavior on the basis of a few internal factors, for example, disposition as well as personality and underestimates the various influence of the external factors, for example, situational influences that can have on his or her behavior.

According to the question, the given statement is an example of the fundamental attribution error.