Fundamental Attribution Error: How we judge others vs. Ourselves but does it show up in real life
“Let's say your name is J...You reach the office a little late, catching your breath and before anyone can ask what happened, you say, “The traffic was horrible today, I was stuck on the road for such a long time on the main road.” And the truth is, the traffic indeed was horrible, forcing everyone to move at a snail’s pace. But there is another side to this, you might have also woken up later and hurried as much as you could to reach your office on time." A week later, one of your colleagues is late; he too comes into the office out of breath, saying the same thing you did, but your first thought is, “He probably overslept today, even though we are supposed to work on the project together.” We might have done this at least once, where we assumed that when a person did something (they made a mistake, or were late for something), it was because of things like their personality (who they are as a person) and similar dispositional factors, but we focused more on...