Bill and Ben have an accident in which their cars collide. Bill blames the rainyweather for
his skid. Ben blames Bill's bad driving skills for the accident and believes that his own
driving was exemplary. In this case, Ben is displaying
a. the fundamental attribution error.
b. the actor-observer effect.
c. belief in a just world.
d. the distractiveness principle.
e. the consensus principle.
b. the actor-observer effect.
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