Which of the following items doesnotaccurately characterize attribution?A) People try to explain what they observe and what happens to them.B) The process of developing causal explanations for things that happen to people is called attribution.C) The self-serving bias and the fundamental attribution error provide explanations of the factors that people use in explaining their own and others' behaviour.D) Attributions can have a profound effect in work settings.E) People tend to perceive the same things in the same way.

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Which of the following items doesnotaccurately characterize attribution?A)  People try to explain what they observe and what happens to them.B)  The process of developing causal explanations for things that happen to people is called attribution.C)  The self-serving bias and the fundamental attribution error provide explanations of the factors that people use in explaining their own and others' behaviour.D)  Attributions can have a profound effect in work settings.E)  People tend to perceive the same things in the same way.

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Final Answer : E, Explanation :  Attribution involves understanding and explaining behaviors, and it acknowledges that people can perceive and interpret events differently. Choice E is incorrect because it suggests that perceptions are always the same, which contradicts the variability in attributions and perceptions among individuals.

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