Rational brain · Judgment & Decision Science
Fundamental Attribution Error
Explaining others' behaviour by their character and your own by your circumstances; the counterpart who is late is disorganised, you were stuck in traffic.
An everyday example
Judging a supplier as unreliable after one delay caused by a strike, while forgiving your own delays.
What it can cost you
Misjudging people and partners; being cast as a character by someone who ignores your situation.
Warning signs
- They are just like that.
- I would explain my own version by circumstances.
One thing to do
For any behaviour you are judging, name three situational causes before one dispositional one.
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