Question

When Douglas, an employee at Donovan Corp., was unable to complete a project on time, his manager, Tyler, assumed that Douglas missed the deadline because he was insincere. Douglas could not meet the deadline because his computer was infected with malware. In this scenario, Tyler's perception of Douglas represents a _____.

A) selective attribution errorB) defensive biasC) self-serving biasD) fundamental attribution error

Answer 1

The correct answer is D

Step-by-step explanation:

Fundamental attribution error is the kind of error where the tendency for explaining the behavior of person grounded on internal factors like disposition or personality and in order to underestimate the influence that external factors like the situational influences.

In this case, an employee who unable to complete the project due to computer got infected but the manager think that Douglas unable to complete the project because he is insincere. So, it represent the fundamental attribution error.