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[[File:Fundamental Attribution Error.png|alt=Fundamental Attribution Error Cognitive Bias|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Fundamental Attribution Error Flowchart]] | [[File:Fundamental Attribution Error Cognitive Bias.png|alt=Fundamental Attribution Error Cognitive Bias|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Fundamental Attribution Error Flowchart]] | ||
'''The fundamental attribution error (also known as correspondence bias or over-attribution effect) is the tendency for people to over-emphasize dispositional, or personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while under-emphasizing situational explanations.''' | '''The fundamental attribution error (also known as correspondence bias or over-attribution effect) is the tendency for people to over-emphasize dispositional, or personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while under-emphasizing situational explanations.''' | ||
In other words, people have a cognitive bias to assume that a person's actions depend on what "kind" of person that person is rather than on the social and environmental forces that influence the person. | In other words, people have a cognitive bias to assume that a person's actions depend on what "kind" of person that person is rather than on the social and environmental forces that influence the person. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:01, 19 October 2023
The fundamental attribution error (also known as correspondence bias or over-attribution effect) is the tendency for people to over-emphasize dispositional, or personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while under-emphasizing situational explanations.
In other words, people have a cognitive bias to assume that a person's actions depend on what "kind" of person that person is rather than on the social and environmental forces that influence the person.