The psychological process that leads to simple explanations of your own or others' motivation or behavior is called
a. primary-recency
b. stereotyping
c. self-fulfilling prophecy
d. attribution
e. implicit personality theory

The correct answer is letter D

As part of social psychology, Attribution Theory explains the causes of people attributing their own or other people's behaviors to external factors. With that in mind, the theory explains that the causes and reasons of behaviors are based on three main aspects.

D. Attribution

Explanation:

Attribution is a term used within psychology to refer to situations where a person provides simple explanations of their own motivation or the behavior of other people, that is, in attribution, people assign justifications for behaviors. These justifications usually appear in phrases such as "he behaves this way because he had a difficult childhood", "the cause of my stress is unemployment", among others.

The attribution shows how we can develop errors of judgment among people when they evaluate their behavior incorrectly.