"Look officer, I didn't see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes." The police officer responds, "You were not paying attention." How would a social psychologist describe this situation?
a) Both individuals were relying on stereotypes.
b) Both individuals were making surface attributions.
c) Both individuals were committing the self-serving bias error.
d) The driver was making an external attribution; the officer was making an internal attribution.
D
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