Question

Brett, a marketing associate at Brix Inc., got stuck in a massive traffic jam while commuting to work. Consequently, he missed an important meeting with a potential client. Ethan, his manager, was furious. He assumed that Brett missed the meeting because he was irresponsible and lazy. In this scenario, Ethan's perception of Brett represents a _____.

Answer 1

c)fundamental attribution error

Step-by-step explanation:

It can be said that in the scenario described in the question above, Ethan's perception of Brett represents a fundamental attribution error.

This is a concept of social psychology that analyzes and describes the behavior of individuals to overestimate the personal characteristics of certain people in order to obtain a result and not to observe and ignore the whole context of the situation, as was the case in the question, as Ethan ignored the context of the situation that caused Brett to be late, who got stuck in traffic and assumed that he missed the meeting because he was irresponsible and lazy.