You are walking along a street when a man bumps into you
You think, "What a jerk!" until you realize that he actually bumped into you while catching a sidewalk display that was about to fall on your head. You sheepishly thank him for saving you and realize that by initially thinking that he was a "jerk," you were illustrating
a. social biasing.
b. the fundamental attribution error.
c. cognitive dissonance.
d. perceptual discrimination.
ANSWER: b
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