SCLOA Attribution theory and errors

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Differences between the fundamental attribution error and the self-serving bias

  • The fundamental attribution error underestimates situational factors and overestimates dispositional factors, when explaining the behaviour of others.
  • The self-serving bias attributes success to dispositional factors and failure to situational factors, when explaining one's own behaviour.

What is the actor-observer effect?



It is the tendency to attribute the behaviour of others to dispositional factors, in the absence of evidence of situational factors.

What did Ross et al.'s study demonstrate?



It demonstrated the fundamental attribution error.
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What are the limitations of the self-serving bias theory?

It does not explain behaviour in all cultures and under all circumstances.

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