Social psychologists have developed names for a host of biases in the ways people perceive behaviour. The fundamental attribution error is not only one of the most ...

This post is in response to The Ghost of Situationism and Why Personality Is Not a Myth By Scott A. McGreal MSc. This article is part 1 of 2. Every year, the Edge asks many different scientists to ...

Have you ever thought to yourself, “He is an anxious guy," or "she seems kind of edgy?” As human beings, one of the most instinctive things we do is make judgments about people we meet.

If the American social psychologist Lee Ross described humans as being fundamentally individualist, it was because: a) He is a misanthrope and mean-spirited. b) He was blinded by his preconceptions ...

Errors in attribution are why we sometimes get people wrong Fact checked by Shereen Lehman, MS If you get a low grade on a ...

Sometimes what looks like a problem with a person is really a problem with the situation. Let me tell you the story of a woman named Amanda who worked for Nike in Vietnam. She traveled a lot, and ...

In high school psychology, students learn about an odd tendency of the human condition, the so-called “fundamental attribution error.” We people are hard wired ...

His argument about how social situations, not personality, can govern behavior took hold in modern psychology and inspired thinkers like Malcolm Gladwell. By Alex Traub Personal humiliation ...