Question

Celine just heard that her neighbor, Rodney, was involved in an automobile accident. If Celine concludes that Rodney's children distracted him for a few seconds and that was the reason for the accident, she has a. made an external attribution. b. made an internal attribution. c. made the fundamental attribution error. d. been influenced by an illusory correlation.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. made an external attribution.                                                    

Explanation:

External attribution: In social psychology, the term has been introduced by Heider, who has given the attribution theory in which he has mentioned that there are two types of attribution i.e, internal and external.

External attribution: The term external attribution is defined as the phenomenon in which an individual infers the situational factors as the reason behind the other person's behavior, and also referred to as situational attribution.

In the question above, Celine has made an external attribution.