Motivation and emotion/Book/2022/Fundamental attribution error and emotion
What is the relationship between the FAE and emotion?
Overview[edit | edit source]
The fundamental attribution error describes perceivers’ tendency to underestimate the impact of situational factors on human behaviour and to overestimate the impact of dispositional factors” – Bertram Gawronski, 2007
Examples[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Fundamental attribution error was created in 1977 by social psychologist Lee Ross – Bertram Gawronski, 2007
Jones and Harris (1967) hypothesised that people would attribute free-chosen behaviours to dispositions – Dr Saul McLeod, 2018
Emotions and fundamental attribution error[edit | edit source]
Case studies[edit | edit source]
Two studies attempted to document the occurrence of the psychological phenomenon known as the fundamental attribution error (FAE) in the audiovisual medium.
Emotional and the ultimate attribution error: a case study on the influence of specific emotions (fear and anger) on the ultimate attribution error.
Other attribution biases[edit | edit source]
Culture bias[edit | edit source]
Actor/Observer difference[edit | edit source]
Dispositional attributions[edit | edit source]
Self-serving bias[edit | edit source]
Defensive attribution hypothesis[edit | edit source]
Cognitive dissonance theory[edit | edit source]
Counterarguments against fundamental attribution error[edit | edit source]
“The actor-observer hypothesis (which is closely linked to the fundamental attribution theory) is neither firmly established, nor robust” – Bertram F Malle, 2006.
Conclusion[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
Fundamental attribution error and emotion (Book chapter, 2020)
References[edit | edit source]
1 internal = cognitive bias page
1 external = research gate paper
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281179007_Fundamental_Attribution_Error