When we make judgments about the behavior of other people, we tend to underestimate the influence of external factors and to overestimate the influence of internal factors. This tendency is called the self-serving bias.

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Blake Hammond

25 September, 18:14

When we make judgments about the behavior of other people, we tend to underestimate the influence of external factors and to overestimate the influence of internal factors. This tendency is called the self-serving bias.

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Kenyon Kim · Answer 1

False. The tendency is called Fundamental attribution error.

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The fundamental attribution error is the tendency of the people to judge others on the basis of their personal behavior while ignoring the situational factors. It refers to the cognitive bias of people's actions depend on internal factors rather than situational or external factors. For example, if a friend of yours sees you and runs towards the bus we tend to think he is ignoring us but we ignored that there might be a possibility of a medical emergency in his family.