The tendency to attribute other people’s behavior to dispositional factors and our own behavior to situational influences is known as a. the actor-observer effect. b. a stereotype. c. the fundamental attribution error. d. the foot in the door technique.

a. the actor-observer effect.

Explanation:

The term 'attribution' means to have explanation to the behavior of people.

The actor-observer effect or the the actor-observer bias in psychology means human tendency to explain or state the behavior and nature of other people to be due to the internal influences of the individual and one's own behavior is a result of outside influences and situational factors.

According to the actor-observer effect, we have more information regarding our own behavior.

Thus the answer is --

a. the actor-observer effect.

c. taught scientists many new things about the earth, but not other planets.

explanation:

the secretary of state, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the senate, is the president's chief foreign affairs adviser. the secretary carries out the president's foreign policies through the state department and the foreign service of the united states.