Celine just heard that her neighbor, Rodney, was involved in an automobile accident. If Celine concludes that Rodney's children distracted him for a few seconds and that was the reason for the accident, she has

a. made an external attribution.
b. made an internal attribution.
c. made the fundamental attribution error.
d. been influenced by an illusory correlation.


A

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