Question

Based on research on cultural differences in the Fundamental Attribution Error, explain how culture (i.e., collectivist versus individualist) influences the type of attributions people tend to make. In your answer, specify which type of culture would be more likely to make a dispositional vs. situational attribution for Lucy’s bad grade. Given your answer, which culture is more likely to make the Fundamental Attribution Error in this situation?

Answer 1

Collectivist Cultures are more likely to commit Fundamental Attribution Error.

Explanation:

Fundamental Attribution Error is a concept in which any kind of action of  person is attributed by a person to disposition or behavior instead of circumstance or situation.

Individualistic societies are easier to understand individual choices and impulsive actions while socially collective societies tend to generalize behavior in terms of socially accepted codes.

As such, collectivists would usually attribute actions through their bias.