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Attribution refers to the process by which individuals explain the causes of their own and others' behavior. Fritz Heider proposed that people naturally seek causal explanations to understand social events. Harold Kelley and Bernard Weiner further developed attribution theory by identifying how people interpret causes based on consistency, distinctiveness, consensus, and dimensions such as locus, stability, and controllability. However, attribution is often influenced by cognitive shortcuts and biases, resulting in systematic errors that distort judgment and interpersonal understanding. One of the most widely studied attribution errors is the Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE). This refers to the tendency to overestimate the role of internal or dispositional factors while underestimating situational influences when explaining another person's behavior. For example, if a student performs poorly in an examination, observers may conclude that the student is lazy or unintelligent, while ignoring external factors such as illness, family problems, or inadequate teaching. This error is particularly common in individualistic cultures where personal responsibility is
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