Fundamental attribution error

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Fundamental attribution error refers to the "tendency for attributors to underestimate the impact of situational factors and to overestimate the role of dispositional factors in controlling behavior" (Ross, 183).

References

  • Gawronski, Bertram. "Theory-based Bias Correction in Dispositional Inference: The Fundamental Attribution Error Is Dead, Long Live the Correspondence Bias." European Review of Social Psychology 15.1 (2004): 183-217. Print.
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  • Jones, Edward E., and Victor A. Harris. "The Attribution of Attitudes." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 3.1 (1967): 1-24. Print.
  • Ross, Lee. "The Intuitive Psychologist And His Shortcomings: Distortions in the Attribution Process." Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 10 (1977): 173-220. Print.
  • Walster, Elaine. "Assignment of Responsibility for an Accident." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 3.1 (1966): 73-79. Print.