fundamental attribution error - UK

Question

Philip E. Tetlock authored a “social check” on this phenomenon, which was eliminated in an experiment centering on affirmative action. Thomas Pettigrew extended this phenomenon to an “ultimate” type for in- and out-groups. (-5[1])In an experiment demonstrating this phenomenon, students (-5[1])rated a quizmaster’s knowledge as “above average” despite being selected randomly. Lee Ross coined this phenomenon’s name in an essay discussing how people believed individuals assigned to write pro-Castro essays were actually pro-Castro. This (10[1])cognitive bias (10[1])under-emphasizes (10[1])situational explanations and overemphasizes trait-based explanations (10[1])for an actor’s behavior. (10[1])For 10 points, identify this “error” named in part for the process in which people infer causes for behaviors. ■END■ (10[1]0[7])

ANSWER: fundamental attribution error [or FAE; accept correspondence bias; prompt on attribution]

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Summary


Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	50%	0%	33%	86.33
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	83%	0%	50%	82.40
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	50%	0%	75%	99.50
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	4	50%	0%	50%	52.00
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	50%	0%	100%	72.00
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	60%	0%	20%	83.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	63%	0%	50%	89.20

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Shiv Seshan	Cambridge B	Manchester	32	-5
Albert Nyang	LSE	Cambridge A	39	-5
Eugenia Tong	Imperial B	NYU C	73	10
Eveline Ong	Oxford A	Imperial A	75	10
Cormac Stephenson	Southampton A	Oxford B	76	10
Michael Wu	Southampton B	Bristol	82	10
Linus Luu	Cambridge D	Warwick A	86	10
Kai Madgwick	Manchester	Cambridge B	106	0
Louis Cameron	Cambridge E	Warwick B	106	0
Tobin Payne	Warwick B	Cambridge E	106	0
Agnijo Banerjee	Cambridge A	LSE	106	10
Adam Iqbal	Durham	Oxford C	106	0
Benjamin Watson	Oxford C	Durham	106	0
Arvin Boraghi	Cambridge C	Sheffield	106	0
Freddy Potts	Sheffield	Cambridge C	106	0