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Victoria Rivera
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Our tendency to overemphasize internal explanations of other people's behavior is known as

A) paradoxical intervention.
B) the representativeness heuristic.
C) the fundamental attribution error.
D) proactive interference.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias wherein people tend to attribute others’ behaviors to their character or personality, while underestimating external factors.

Proactive Interference

The occurrence where memories from before impede the recall of memories formed later.

Paradoxical Intervention

A therapeutic technique that involves advising a client to continue their unwanted behavior, possibly intensifying it, as a method to understand and overcome the issue.

  • Comprehend the key elements of the fundamental attribution error and its implications for social interpretation.
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