In trying to understand why some ethnic neighborhoods are dominated by poverty, people often infer that the residents are lazy and unmotivated. This type of inference illustrates
A) a stable global attribution.
B) inverse discrimination.
C) the fundamental attribution error.
D) a stable external attribution.

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The inference that the residents of ethnic neighborhoods are lazy and unmotivated represents the fundamental attribution error, which is the tendency to attribute someone's behavior to their personality or disposition rather than situational factors. In this case, the poverty is likely due to a variety of systemic and societal factors rather than solely individual laziness or lack of motivation.

In Trying to Understand Why Some Ethnic Neighborhoods Are Dominated