Recall that Dan Gilbert studied why people tend to attribute others' behaviors to dispositional factors.According to his theoretical framework, this pattern of attribution occurs because people tend to
A) consider a person's behavior and his or her situation simultaneously.
B) be emotionally invested in explaining others' behaviors in terms of stable personal characteristics.
C) make initial dispositional inferences without later adjusting them on the basis of situational information.
D) have difficulty identifying what other people's behaviors signify.

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According to Gilbert's theoretical framework, people tend to make initial dispositional inferences without later adjusting them on the basis of situational information. This means that once people form an impression of someone's personality, they tend to stick with it even if they later learn about situational factors that could explain the person's behavior.

Recall That Dan Gilbert Studied Why People Tend to Attribute