Dr. Beasley noticed that one of her students kept falling asleep during class. "He must be lazy and unmotivated," she thought. What she didn't know was that her student, Pat was working the night shift before class

Dr. Beasley's assumption that Pat's sleeping was due to laziness rather than his working situation is also known as ________________.
a. confirmation bias
b. false consensus bias
c. false uniqueness bias
d. fundamental attribution error


d

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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