If people are given information that it was a situation that caused the person to behave as he or she did, they will adjust their attribution away from internal causes within the personality of the other individual. The authors call this the:
A) the augmenting rule.
B) the forgiveness rule.
C) the least causality rule.
D) the discounting rule.

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This is known as the discounting rule, which suggests that people will attribute behavior less to internal characteristics and more to external, situational factors when provided with information that a situation influenced the behavior.

If People Are Given Information That It Was a Situation