Lee Ross and the “Fundamental Attribution Error”

Re:Lee Ross and the “Fundamental Attribution Error” by 63 on Monday July 12, 2021 @07:28PM (#27816287)

The fundamental attribution error is the number 1 most important lesson I learned from Psych classes growing up. Being aware of it is the easiest way to be less of an asshole to people around you. I really can't overstate the importance.

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Re:Lee Ross and the “Fundamental Attribution Error” by wombatmobile on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @12:35AM (#27817660)

Yeah, that's a useful remediation.

An even easier way to not act like an asshole is to be raised by parents who teach you to be thoughtful and polite by default.

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Re:Lee Ross and the “Fundamental Attribution Error” by j4yav on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @01:33AM (#27817875)

This puts the locus of control outside yourself, though.

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Re:Lee Ross and the “Fundamental Attribution Error” by wombatmobile on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @02:46AM (#27818204)

Some of the locus of control is outside of ourself in origin. Those voices in our head keep chattering for the rest of our lives.

We can choose how we respond to them to a degree, but we can't turn them off.

To what degree can we choose? That's an interesting question, since the machine that's doing the choosing is comprised of 50% of one parent's DNA, and 50% of the other's.

But we feel like we make choices all the time, don't we?

Certainly, we consult ourselves, and ask ourselves what we want to do. Sometimes the answer comes to us, and that's what we choose.

But where does that answer that comes to us come from? And how does it get into our consciousness?

Do you want chocolate, or vanilla?

Did an answer come to you then?

Where did it come from? And why was it what it was, and not something else?

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Re:Lee Ross and the “Fundamental Attribution Error” by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @02:49AM (#27818212)

Not many of us get to choose who raised us.

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