When a person assigns causes to another individual's behavior and assumes that the behavior is due to that individual's personal characteristics, a(n) ________ is made
A) situational attribution
B) internal attribution
C) attribution error
D) external attribution
Answer: B
Rationale: Internal attribution (also known as a dispositional attribution), is when the observer explains the actor's behavior as due to some intrinsic quality of the actor. In contrast, an external attribution (also known as a situational attribution), is when the observer explains the actor's behavior as the result of the social context.
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