Section: AP Psychology

50) Natalie judges her professor’s strict attendance policy to be an indication of his over-controlling personality rather than a necessity dictated by the limited number of seats available for that class. Her judgment best illustrates:

1. the mere exposure effect
2. group polarization
3. deindividuation
4. the fundamental attribution error
5. No Answer Selected

In social psychology, the fundamental attribution error, also known as the correspondence bias or attribution effect, is the tendency for people to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics (personality) to explain someone else's behavior in a given situation rather than considering the situation's external factors.