While making a fundamental attribution error, we center our attention on the person whose behavior we are considering because
A. the individual's immediate surroundings remain relatively unchanged and less attention grabbing.
B. we tend to exaggerate the importance of environmental factors in producing others' behavior and minimize the influence of personality characteristics.
C. when we view another person's behavior in a particular setting, the most conspicuous information is the person's immediate surroundings.
D. we are more likely to make attributions based on personal situational factors and less likely to make attributions relating to the dispositional factors.
Answer: A
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