hard · MCAT psych-soc
A driver who is usually cautious runs a red light and rear-ends another car. Witnesses attribute the crash to the driver being 'reckless,' while the driver explains that the sun was in her eyes and the brakes were wet.
The witnesses' explanation, contrasted with the driver's own explanation, most directly illustrates which combination of concepts?
- Self-serving bias by the witnesses and the actor-observer bias by the driver.
- Fundamental attribution error by the witnesses and the actor-observer bias by the driver.
- Fundamental attribution error by the witnesses and self-serving bias by the driver.
- Just-world hypothesis by the witnesses and fundamental attribution error by the driver.
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