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Danielle: So the fundamental attribution error is essentially when we make a mistake when attributing motives to somebody else's behavior. So instead of looking at the situation and situational factors we're looking and talking about that person specifically. They're lazy, or they are dumb, or they're crazy. Rather than what the situation might be telling them or causing them to behave in a certain way.

Juwan: I was put in a group project with actually four other people. And one of my classmates they wasn't participating. And I was just like, why are you so shy? Why don't you speak up? You know, say something.

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And they told me that they weren't feeling well. And they were going through a lot at home. So I was like, OK. That's understandable.

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So I wish that I could have worded it different.

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Danielle: One example of the fundamental attribution error is when I was going to park. And someone rudely cut in front of me and took my spot. I immediately was enraged. And I said, what are you doing? I clearly had my blinker on and I was waiting.

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And the person, actually, thinking that they were going to fight back with me, apologized and said they really, really needed to get where they had to go.

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I based it on the person's personality saying that they were just mean. And in reality I should have took in consideration the situation and overall what was going on. And in fact, they had a family emergency.

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Ole: It was my first day of, I think, elementary school. My teacher was trying to get my name right. But she couldn't. My name was really hard to say. And she couldn't get my name right.

And it was new faces and everything. So I was like, I'm not going to say anything. She took attendance and all I did was just raise my hand. I didn't say present, nothing.

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I think she thought I was a rebel that just didn't want to socialize with the environment. Just wanted to stick to themselves.

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Alex: So I had a teacher in my senior year of high school. And my uncle got kidnapped in Mexico. I was in class and my mom was texting me about it.

So I was really upset. And then he asked me a question. He's like, why are you on your phone? And I got really upset with him. And I just left the class.

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But it wasn't because I'm a mean person. It was just because of the situation. So he just took it that I was just-- he didn't know. He just thought I was being mean.

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