Whether we think it is dispositional/situational (FAE, SSB)

Question 0

Name and describe the studies associated with fundamental attribution error

Answer 0

Jones and Harris (1967) students read a pro-Castro essay,
Tal-Or and Papirman (2007) television actors believed to have personality of characters, ignore script
Miller (1987) American children, Hindu children and adults do not have FAE, American adults do
Cohen et al (2011) protestants more dispositional than catholics

Question 1

Define fundamental attribution error

Answer 1

Tendency to rely on dispositional factors to explain other people’s behaviour, overlook situational

Question 2

Describe a self-serving bias study

Answer 2

Lau & Russell (1980) football matches, failures (attributional), successes (dispositional)