193 | Character v Circumstance

Why We Do What We Do

Another one of those pesky human biases. Or maybe westerner biases. Fundamental attribution error is the tendency to interpret our own behavior as being due to our circumstances and others' behavior as due to internal factors. Some researchers believe this effect might be less robust than it seems. Either way, a lot of fun and jokes to be had for what there is to learn.
Links for Today:
https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/video/fundamental-attribution-error#:~:text=fundamental%20attribution%20error.-,Fundamental%20attribution%20error%20describes%20how%2C%20when%20judging%20others'%20actions%2C,circumstances%20in%20which%20they%20acted.&text=Another%20implication%20of%20the%20fundamental,if%20we%20are%20not%20careful.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-men-dont-write-blogs/201406/why-we-dont-give-each-other-break
http://web.mit.edu/curhan/www/docs/Articles/15341_Readings/Social_Cognition/Ross_Intuitive_Psychologist_in_Adv_Experiment_Soc_Psych_vol10_p173.pdf
https://www.simplypsychology.org/fundamental-attribution.html
Jones, E. E., & Harris, V. A. (1967). The attribution of attitudes. Journal of experimental social psychology, 3(1), 1-24.
Miller, J. G. (1984). Culture and the development of everyday social explanation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46(5), 961–978.
McPherson, M. B., & Young, S. L. (2004). What Students Think When Teachers Get Upset: Fundamental Attribution Error and Student-Generated Reasons for Teacher Anger. Communication Quarterly, 52(4), 357-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01463370409370206
Epstein, S., & Teraspulsky, L. (1986). Perception of cross-situational consistency. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50(6), 1152–1160. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.50.6.1152
Malle, B. F. (2006). The actor-observer asymmetry in attribution: A (surprising) meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 132(6), 895–919. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.6.895
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