Question

Evan's laptop was stolen from in his car trunk. His friend George said that it was really Evan's fault for leaving the laptop in the trunk. After all, someone may have seen him put it into the trunk. George is exhibiting the fundamental attribution error. self-serving bias. confirmation bias. defensive attribution.

Answer 1

The correct answer is defensive attribution.

Step-by-step explanation:

Defensive attribution is the predisposition to hold the victims of an event responsible for what has happened to them. This bias allows us to reduce the threat that things can happen without our control, and therefore happen to us as well, in other words, it is the tendency of the observer of an event to make any attribution that can better reduce the threat posed by the situation to him or her.