Describe the role of culture in the fundamental attribution error. How prevalent is this error across cultures, and why do these differences exist?

Fundamental attribution error occurs when thinking that the behavior of the person depends more on their individual attributes, ideas, and life choices. We underrate the influence of external factors and social effects and think individual attributions of a person have a bigger role in their behavior than it is actually true.

Culture is involved in this error as well. People from individualistic cultures (such as Western societies) are more prone to thinking people are more responsible for their behavior and less think about external factors.

Collectivistic cultures, such as Japan, think there are more external and social influences on people's behavior than their individual involvement.

This exists because of the dominant idea in different societies and cultures. Those cultures that are more individual think that people themselves are more responsible for their actions, have to take care of their own and have more influence on their behavior. In collectivistic societies, where the accent is on the community, society and shared affinities, people have more value in these aspects, and therefore diminish the effects of individual choices on one's behavior.