Question

John is a high school honors student and he takes a college readiness exam. Upon receiving his

scores, John discovers that he performed poorly on the exam, When asked by his counselor why
he did so poorly, John stated that the room was very hot, there was a very annoying ticking clock
and his pencil kept breaking, John is using a (n)
to explain his
performance on the test,
-Fundamental attribution error
-Dispositional attribution
-Situational attribution

Answer 1

Situational attribution

Step-by-step explanation:

John is blaming his performance on environmental factors beyond his control. This is situational attribution.

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Dispositional attribution would assign the cause to some character trait John has.

Fundamental attribution relates to the way an outside observer assigns causes in the situations they observe. Often, they overemphasize dispositional attribution.