In a study that is described in the textbook, excerpts from American and Japanese newspapers and TV reports regarding athletes in the 2000 Olympics were analyzed for causal statements. The results demonstrated that
a. U.S. writers tended to make stronger situational attributions.
b. Japanese writers tended to consider a broad range of factors.
c. by being objective, most of the writers overcame the tendency to make the fundamental attribution errors.
d. the fundamental attribution error is a universal tendency.
Answer: b. Japanese writers tended to consider a broad range of factors.
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