What commands our attention as we shop for groceries each we…
What commands our attention as we shop for groceries each week is the environment around us, such as the number of people in front of us at the checkout counter. Yet, when we watch another person’s behavior at the grocery store, that individual, rather than the environment, occupies the center of our attention. As a result, we tend to engage in the attribution error. That is, we are irritable because the lines are long, but the other person is irritable because they are an unhappy person. Which of the following best explains this use of the fundamental attribution error?