The tendency in the predominant United States culture is to explain behaviour using a:
ABiological approach
BHistorical approach
CDispositional approach
DSituational approach
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Dispositional approach
1. Cultures differ in whether they credit the person or the circumstances.
2. In the United States, the predominant culture tends to favor a dispositional approach in explaining human behavior.
3. A dispositional explanation points to the person's traits.
4. Over-using it when the situation was the real cause is the fundamental attribution error.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 'Social Psychology', sections 12.1-12.5_
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