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: A

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