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We are all prone to a common reasoning error known as the fundamental attribution error (also called the attribution effect and the essential attribution error).
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But this perception probably reflects what psychologists call "the fundamental attribution error" — our tendency to ignore context and attribute an individual's success or failure solely to inherent qualities.
The fundamental attribution error (FAE) refers to the predisposition for people to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional characteristics, rather than situational causes external to the individual.
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One of the most well-established human biases is called the fundamental attribution error.
In retrospect, I'd say that Huntington committed the Fundamental Attribution Error.
An equally serious problem is what Mary M. Kennedy of Michigan State University calls attribution error — ignoring the impact of teachers' working conditions.
Support for personal consistency is bolstered by studies of what has been called the fundamental attribution error.
Social psychologist Lee Ross calls this the "fundamental attribution error" and Nisbett contends that this is the "most pervasive and consequential inferential mistake we make".
"Conservatives do not understand how prevalent situational constraints on achievement are and thus commit the fundamental attribution error when they hold the poor responsible for poverty".
Clarke further suggested that the ultimate reason people make the fundamental attribution error is because they have evolved to do so.
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