Fundamental Attribution Error

Tom Geraghty · Measurement, Power

Explains the Fundamental Attribution Error — attributing others' behaviour to character rather than situation — as the cognitive root of blametropism. Shows why we jump to dispositional explanations for failure while missing the systemic forces shaping behaviour.

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