The Fundamental Attribution Error
The fundamental attribution error plays a major role in our everyday lives. Until reading this section on the attribution error, I wasn't as aware of it as I am at this moment. Hopefully after you read the section and this short essay, you will be more conscious of this misattribution that happens right before your eyes, and you will be more aware when making attributions.
The fundamental attribution error is the tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences upon other's behavior. (Myers, 2008) In simple terms, when a person's behavior is unbecoming, we tend to automatically jump to a conclusion that the person has a bad behavior, they're rude, etc. Very seldom do we look at the situation that the person may be in, whether it's
personal or work related. In every event there is always cause and effect. Many times in misattributions, the cause of a person's behavior is underestimated.
As an observer, I've......
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