Checkpoint (II)

Fundamental Attribution Error

* People have a bias to attribute another person's behavior to internal causes to a much greater extent than they should. 
* People fail to take into account the external factors that are operating on the person.


Explanations For F.A.E

* Limited processing capacity (People are mentally lazy)
* Behavior is more salient than situational factors.
* People assign situational causes less weight.
* Language is richer in trait-like terms to "explain" behavior than in situational terms.


Most explanations for behavior fall into two major categories: 

Ø Internal / personal / dispositional

Ø External / situational / environmental

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Challenge:

# Try applying these stuffs in your daily life & analyze how you judge yourself and others when making mistakes.

Example: 

1) When you make bad choices, do you blame yourself or God?

2) A person is thrown to jail. Do you blame him/her instantly or do you weigh the external factors too while making that judgment?

Good luck! :)

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