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Imagine you are taking a college course. You
observe that there is a student in the class that has been
very quiet during the entire term. The student does not
even talk during the class discussions. You conclude
that the student is a very quiet and shy person. In this
example, it is possible that we may wrongly assume that
the student's quiet behavior reflects his or her
personality, and we may fail to adequately consider
some situational factors that could explain the student's
behavior. For example, we may not consider that the
person may find the course very boring, or the person is
experiencing difficulty and does not feel like talking in
class.
Fundamental Attribution Error