Your interpersonal communication instructor typically greets the class with a cheery "good morning." When your instructor omits the greeting and instead launches into the day's lecture, you conclude the instructor must have thought he already greeted the class.You are attributing according to which of the barriers to accurate perception?
A)ignoring information
B)fundamental attribution error
C)imposing consistency
D)overgeneralizing

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The student is imposing consistency by assuming that the instructor's behavior of not greeting the class is consistent with the notion that the instructor had already greeted the class, rather than considering other possible reasons for the instructor's behavior.

Your Interpersonal Communication Instructor Typically Greets the Class with a Cheery