15. Ralph watches as a customer with at least 40 items lines up at his express checkout line He decides the customer must be a real “idiot" to miss the sign that indicates Ralph's checkout line is an express line with a limit of 10 items. Ralph's attribution for the cause of the customer's behavior is consistent with

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15.Ralph’s attribution for the cause of the customer’s behaviour is consistent with internal attribution (ie, blaming the individual, not the situation) and more specifically, on dispositional attribution. This specifies that we attribute behaviour to a person’s personality, character, and ability. Because Ralph assumed this person was an idiot, he is attributing the customer’s behaviour to his intellectual ability, rather than his potential situation.

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