fundamental attribution error - Upper Mid-Atlantic

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. In an experiment demonstrating this phenomenon, students rated a quizmaster’s knowledge as “above average” despite being selected randomly. (-5[1])Lee Ross coined this phenomenon’s name in an essay discussing how people believed individuals assigned to write pro-Castro essays (-5[1])were actually pro-Castro. (-5[1])This cognitive bias (-5[1])under-emphasizes situational explanations (10[3])and overemphasizes trait-based explanations for an actor’s behavior. For 10 points, identify this “error” named in part for the process in which people infer causes for behaviors. ■END■ (10[2]0[4])

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
Eshan Pant	NYU A	Penn B	50	-5
Noah Chen	Columbia B	Maryland B	69	-5
William Orr	Yale A	Cornell B	72	-5
Sam Macchi	Vassar A	NYU B	75	-5
Isaac Mammel	Maryland A	Penn A	78	10
Sinecio Morales	Johns Hopkins A	Haverford A	78	10
Derek Chen	Columbia C	Rutgers A	78	10
Nathan Zhang	Cornell B	Yale A	106	10
Peter Lutz	George Washington B	Haverford B	106	0
Kevin Liu	Maryland B	Columbia B	106	0
Zaid Asif	NYU B	Vassar A	106	10
Sasha Wertime	Haverford B	George Washington B	106	0
Zachary Leblang	Penn B	NYU A	106	0