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bias
You judge others by their character, not their context.
A 1967 study found that people attributed views expressed in an essay to the writer's internal beliefs, even when told the writer had no choice in the topic.
This is the fundamental attribution error. We prioritize internal traits to explain behavior while ignoring the power of situational constraints.
You are a scientist regarding your own choices but a moralist regarding everyone else's.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Jones and Harris, 1967
- What the check found
- Jones and Harris (1967) is the standard citation for the correspondence bias, a cornerstone of the fundamental attribution error. Its findings are textbook knowledge in psychology.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
Related
One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.