A man robbed a liquor store. If we say he did it because he is a bad person or a criminal type person, we are making a _____ attribution.
A) dispositional
B) situational
C) mistaken
D) personal

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Making a dispositional attribution means attributing the behavior to the person's internal characteristics, such as personality or nature, rather than external factors or circumstances, which would be situational attributions. In this case, saying that the man robbed the liquor store because he is a bad person suggests a dispositional attribution.

A Man Robbed a Liquor Store