If you yell at your roommate and later explain that your behavior was related to stress at work, what type of error are you making?
A) fundamental attribution error
B) internal attribution
C) self-serving bias
D) actor-observer effect
E) none of the options is correct

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The actor-observer effect describes a tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing others' actions to internal causes. In this scenario, explaining your yelling as a result of stress at work is attributing your behavior to an external situation, which aligns with the actor-observer effect.

If You Yell at Your Roommate and Later Explain That