Question

Alex is standing in line at Wal-Mart waiting to pay for his purchases. A man cuts in front of the line and drops his items on the counter. Alex says to his friend, “That man is incredibly rude.” A social psychologist who is within earshot jots down a note so she can use the example in class. What does she write concerning Alex?

(A) He made a dispositional attribution
(B) He made a fundamental attribution
(C) He made a situational attribution
(D) He made a defensive attribution

Answer 1

(A) He made a dispositional attribution.

Step-by-step explanation:

Dispositional attribution is a psychological concept that tries to explain human behaviour at the level of an individual social actor. This phenomenon consists of attributing the reason for a behaviour to internal characteristics within an individual, as opposed to attributing it to external influences that stem from environment or culture.