Recall the "Castro Study" Conducted by Jones and Harris

Recall the "Castro study" conducted by Jones and Harris. In this study, participants were asked to read an essay that was supposedly written by another student. The essay was always about Castro, but it was either pro-Castro or anti-Castro. Also, participants were told either (a) that the essay-writer got to choose which side to take (pro- or anti-) , or (b) that the essay-writer was ASSIGNED to one side or the other. The researchers found that ____.

A) participants made the fundamental attribution error-but only for the pro-Castro essays
B) participants made the fundamental attribution error-but only for the anti-Castro essays
C) participants made the fundamental attribution error for both types of essays
D) participants only made the fundamental attribution error when they themselves had strong views about Castro

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