The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences on other people's behavior is called the
A) false consensus bias.
B) misinformation effect.
C) fundamental attribution error.
D) dispositional bias.

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The described tendency is known as the fundamental attribution error, which refers to the tendency to explain other people's behavior in terms of their disposition, rather than considering situational factors that may have affected their behavior. The other options are unrelated to this specific bias.

The Tendency for Observers to Underestimate Situational Influences and Overestimate