Look, Officer, I didn't see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes. The police officer responds, You were not paying attention. How would a social psychologist describe this situation?A) Both individuals were making fundamental attribution errors.B) Both individuals were making situational attributions.C) The driver was making a dispositional attribution; the officer was making a situational attribution.D) The driver was making a situational attribution; the officer was making a dispositional attribution.

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Look, Officer, I didn't see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes. The police officer responds, You were not paying attention. How would a social psychologist describe this situation?A)  Both individuals were making fundamental attribution errors.B)  Both individuals were making situational attributions.C)  The driver was making a dispositional attribution; the officer was making a situational attribution.D)  The driver was making a situational attribution; the officer was making a dispositional attribution.

Simone Pitter · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The driver was attributing the cause of their missing the stop sign to the situation (sun in their eyes), while the police officer was attributing the cause to the driver's lack of attention, which is a dispositional attribution.

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