Attribution Bias

Fundamental Attribution Error is when we pay too much attention to the personality of a person and ignore the content.

We need to shift the focus away from ‘who did/said that?’ and look at other causes/reasons.

• People who can always find something else to blame.
• People who blame themselves for everything, even when they’ve had nothing to do with an unfortunate outcome.
• People who blame fate or a higher power, especially when there’s no one else who could conceivably have caused the ...

We usually assume the worst if we get hurt by the people we love and trust. The various biases in our minds (confirmation bias, fundamental attribution error, and availability bias) play havoc in our relationships.

Hanlon’s razor can shift our mind from an assumption of bad intentions by ...