Psychology Lessons : What Is the Fundamental Attribution Error?

The fundamental attribution error theory states that we tend to explain our behavior by assigning attributes to the cause of the behavior. Find out how the fundamental attribution error underestimates the role of outside influences with information from a licensed mental health counselor in this free video on psychology.

Expert: John Bosworth
Bio: John Bosworth is a licensed mental health counselor who specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, chronic pain and stress management.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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• mental health
• psychology
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• therapy
• psychiatrists
• psychotherapy
• dual diagnosis

[ktal87]

what's the 4 letter word???

haha..

[romario1000r9]

thank you

makes more sence now

[randy13209]

I wonder if assigning attributes is the same as judging without fact backing our perception?

[thenotoriousadin]

@romario1000r9 sense*

[luckyjen26]

@ktal87 maybe dick? lol

[LIGHTRONIX]

ehow does it right for once...

[Ufaqueiqbal]

wow! .. you are amazing!!

great work!

[suchanangel]

thank you so so much! exam soon!

[ncPsychosis]

I learned this in my social psych class, and the thing is...we do the reverse for ourselves. We think that our negative behavior is environmentally caused while our positive behavior is internal.

This plays a role in discrimination, like of the lower class. "Well, I'm successful because I'm a hard worker (and special)...so obviously, they're lazy and unmotivated".

[phenochio]

damn. this video is so helpful for my homework. Sweet. now i get it