Question

When we see others engage in behavior, we tend to overemphasize internal characteristics in explaining why they behaved in the way they did. In contrast, when we engage in behavior, we emphasize situational characteristics to explain why we behaved how we did. This is known as what:__________

Answer 1

Answer:

fundamental attribution error

Explanation:

The fundamental attribution error is known as the tendency to explain the behavior of others based on stable personality dispositions and to underestimate the importance of the situation. Not only does it provide a distorted image of the human being, but it leads to a wrong diagnosis of the motivations of the behavior.