Curse of the Fundamental Attribution Error

Judanator
2 min readJun 25, 2018

First and foremost, let’s start by defining what the Fundamental Attribution Error is. The Fundamental Attribution Error is when you make a judgement about someone’s personality based off their behavior within a situation without considering how other factors that may have played a role. Or simply put, a false assumption.

Suppose you’re driving in a semi busy road and cuts in front of you and speeds off. Chances are, you may have shouted a few profanities here and there, followed by some name calling. Now, pause. Did you notice how easy it was for you to…

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