Erik just heard that his neighbor, Alexis, was involved in an accident, and Erik decides that Alexis' reckless driving habits were the cause of the accident. His attribution for the cause of the accident is consistent with:
a. a self-serving bias
b. the fundamental attribution error
c. a self-fulfilling prophecy
d. information integration theory
B
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