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 the 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 is known as the fundamental attribution error.

Recall That Dan Gilbert Studied Why People Tend to Attribute