Module 6: Fundamental Attribution Error Flashcards
What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?
The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate disposition always influences upon others’ behavior
Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE)
Distinction
Personality vs social psych
Unusual behavior unexpected, surprising, negative we make attributions
What is attribution
Explanations of the behaviors
Internal attribution
Refers about the person
Personality, traits, emotional state
Ex of FAE
Lady (I love Irish) red hair/
Screaming in the classroom /is not internal (has a bad day)
External attribution
Situation
Humans naturally go first for the internal or external attributions ?
Internal attribution (cognitive) because we assume things
Castro study
Essay pro or anti Fidel Castro
Students are not pro, randomly selected to write either pro or anti
Third group people read the essays, who was pro or anti.
We don’t know since you randomly assign them, good points and students must really believe it
Quiz game study
Even when you know is a set up you still think about the behavior/attitude
(She is smarter than her)
So hard for you to ignore the behavior (she is wrong over and over)
Behavioral correspondence
Traits, personality