Chelsea and Anita are both required to give a speech supporting a woman's right to abortion on demand in a public-speaking class. Anita believes that Chelsea gave her speech because she is a strong supporter of the right-to-choose movement
Anita is neutral on the topic and only gave her speech because it was assigned. Anita's belief about Chelsea is probably a result of ________.
A) explicit theory formation
B) the actor-observer effect
C) the discounting principle
D) implicit theory formation
E) base rate bias
Answer: B
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