Kara fails her social psychology exam and then goes home and argues with her roommate, Lee. Lee assumes that Kara is yelling at him because she is mean, not because she had a bad day. Lee is making a ________.

A. central attitude shift
B. central attribution error
C. fundamental attitude shift
D. fundamental attribution error


D. fundamental attribution error

Psychology

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