the fundamental atribution error/"correspondence bias"

[glennornitier]

In attribution theory, the fundamental attribution error is the tendency for people to over-emphasize dispositional, or personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while under-emphasizing the role and power of situational influences on the same behavior. In other words, people tend to have a default assumption that what a person

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[pinkbullet_]

mmmmm.. very interesting peterson.
i think i just learned more from that one post than i had learned all semester in brochu's class.
hehehehehe.

[lashia]

AHAHAHAHA! YES! TOTALLY AGREEABLE! lol aahhh old Mr. Mole...

[lashia]

Thats deep. Whoosh. Damn philosophy...

[myconformity]

It's gonna be so fucked starting school in September, and being the big ol Grade 12's and not having you and Vana and Caitlyn and peoples around!!!!

[msidiosyncratic]

Tell me about it. It will be strange to not go to school and be the big gr. 12's anymore. *whimper*

[anonymous]

Well don't I feel like I am sitting in Psych class again. I really like this entry for some reason. Simplified it basically the nature vs nurture debate. Is a person born a certain way and their behavior is predetermined or are they made a certain way by different outside factors such as family, and socio-economic factors ect.

[ikissedhimdead]

Who knew I wasn't signed in?