The tendency to conclude that people do what they do because of who they are rather than the situation is called
A) the fundamental attribution error.
B) the self-serving bias.
C) implicit personality theory.
D) attribution.

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The tendency to conclude that people do what they do because of who they are rather than the situation is called the fundamental attribution error. It refers to the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for others' behavior while underemphasizing situational (external) factors.

The Tendency to Conclude That People Do What They Do