Reece watches a news report about a young man arrested for stealing bread and peanut butter from a local grocery store. Reece assumes that the young man had no other choice but to steal the food for survival. Using causal attribution theory, which cause does Reece attribute the man's behavior to?
A. a stimulus
B. the man's standpoint
C. the man's circumstance
D. the man's mental state
Answer: C
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