Homework Help: Psychology

Posted by lola on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 1:19pm.

How much time and energy do you invest in making sure you aren't guilty of the fundamental attribution error or the self-serving bias?

Psychology - Ms. Sue, Monday, February 22, 2010 at 1:24pm
I invest almost no time and energy making sure I'm not guilty. In seventy-five years of living including a lot of education has made me relatively guilt-free.

Now -- what about YOU?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-serving_bias
Psychology - PsyDAG, Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 12:14pm
If you are aware of these biases, rather than feeling guilty, you can become more aware of other possible explanations for your behavior and the behavior of others. Until supporting data is available, it helps to make attributions tentatively.

http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/Attribution.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/AttributionError.html

I hope this helps a little more.

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