Under conditions of low consensus,low distinctiveness,and high consistency,the perceiver will tend to attribute the behavior of the perceived to:
A) external causes
B) the situation
C) internal causes
D) other people

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When there is low consensus (not many people behave in the same way in the situation), low distinctiveness (the behavior is not unique to the situation), and high consistency (the behavior happens repeatedly), the perceiver is more likely to attribute the behavior of the perceived to internal causes such as their personality, traits or character. This is known as the fundamental attribution error.

Under Conditions of Low Consensus,low Distinctiveness,and High Consistency,the Perceiver Will