Fundamental attribution error

In social psychology, fundamental attribution error is the phenomenon where people judge other people and themselves in a different way. 
Overview
The person tends to judge other people's good behavior as them having a good personality and the person also judges other people's bad behavior as them having a bad personality. 

The error comes from the fact that the person judges themselves on the context or situation and not on personality, which can lead he or she to assume that others are bad instead of him or her having made a mistake.

Examples

Related pages
 Racism
 Narcissism
 Self-esteem
 Cognitive bias
 Discrimination
 Superiority bias

References

Category:Bias