PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Fundamental Attribution Error, The Intended, Silent Treatment
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Predicts how you determine if a given behaviour is due to an individual"s personal disposition or the situation and circumstances. If the answer is yes, then it is due to the situation, and if the answer is no, then it is due to each individual"s particular disposition. The tendency to over-value dispositional factors for the observed behaviours of others while under-valuing situational factors. You are more likely to make the fundamental attribution error when you determining the causes of the behaviour of others rather than your own behaviour. This is because you are more aware of your situational influences. Compared to the chinese, the american students and newspapers were more likely to make the fundamental attribution error. Generally, the fundamental attribution error is diminished in collectivist societies where there is less focus on individual behaviour and ore focus on relationships and roles within society. Refers to your tendency to perceive yourself favourably.
