Which of the following comments does NOT illustrate the fundamental attribution error?
a. A man says, "My wife has sure become a grouchy person" but explains his own grouchiness as a result of having a hard day at the office.
b. A woman reads about high unemployment in poor communities and says, "Well, if those people weren't so lazy, they would find work."
c. "The people who committed suicide at Jonestown were socially isolated and thus cut off from other points of view about their leader."
d. "The people who committed suicide at Jonestown were mentally ill."
Answer: C
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