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The Role of the Fundamental Attribution Error on the Judgement of IQ.
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Title: The Role of the Fundamental Attribution Error on the Judgement of IQ. Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the theory of the fundamental attribution error on a sample of Middlesex University undergraduate psychology students. Introduction Fundamental attribution error is part of social psychology which was developed out of the theoretical models of Fritz Heider, Edward E. Jones, Lee Ross and Harold Kelly. Attribution theory is concerned with the ways in which people explain or attribute the behavior of others. It explores how individuals "attribute" causes to events and how this cognitive perception affects their motivation. Heider proposed that what people perceived and believed about what they saw dictated how they would act, even if their beliefs about what they perceived were invalid. Underestimating the influence of situational factors on people's behaviour is known as the fundamental attribution error. Based on an earlier theory developed by Edward E. Jones and...
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