Individuals who commit the fundamental attribution error tend to ________.

A. overestimate situational influences upon others' behavior
B. presume that others are the way they act
C. hold beliefs that lead to their own fulfillment
D. underestimate dispositional influences upon others' behavior


Answer: B

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