Brenda has not turned in her homework for over a week and her teacher assumes that she is lazy and unmotivated. It never occurs to Brenda's teacher that she is under a lot of stress and dealing with difficult life circumstances
The teacher's explanation for Brenda's behavior can be considered an example of:
a. the correspondence bias.
b. the planning fallacy.
c. the attributional error effect.
d. the false consensus effect.
Answer: A
Psychology