Fundamental attribution error
The fundamental attribution error (aka attributional theory) describes the tendency to overestimate personality based explanations for observed behaviours while under valuing situational explanations.
E.g. Assuming a man who drinks excessively is weak and neglecting to recognise that he had a difficult experience in the war and is struggling to come to terms with it.
E.g. Assuming a man who drinks excessively is weak and neglecting to recognise that he had a difficult experience in the war and is struggling to come to terms with it.
