. Which of the following best illustrates the fundamental attribution error?
A. Someone who is a terrible procrastinator takes responsibility for not starting class project sooner.
B. A person is cutoff by another driver without warning and assumes that the driver is a bad person.
C. An individual is frustrated because her math class is too hard.
D. Someone was dismayed when their significant other cancelled their date because they had to work.
Ans: B
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