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Information Deficit as a Cause of Fundamental Attribution Error
A primary reason people commit the fundamental attribution error is a lack of complete information. When observing someone else's behavior, we often only have access to what is immediately observable and are unaware of the underlying situational factors. This information deficit leads us to assume the behavior stems from an internal, dispositional cause rather than an external, situational one.
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