Navigate through the Everyday Psychology Interactive. Once you have completed the interactive scenario, return to Brightspace to answer the following questions:

1 What is the fundamental attribution error? 2 Who developed and tested this theory? 3 Give examples of how it could be applied to a real-life situation. 4 In what ways have you used this mode of thinking in your life? Were your appraisals correct? Explain your reasoning.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE ATTACHED SCENARIO OR READING TO ANSWER FROM.

Every day psychology at your local supermarket while shopping for healthy food you come across an interesting scene a similar looking man is loading up on crackers. Lots of crackers, five boxes, and now he has 10 now you place him He is in your social psychology course. He seems like a quiet guy reserved polite and well groomed. You heard he's single lives alone and doesn't have kids. What is your immediate response to his choice in . Food stuff. Option A he really loves crackers Option B He has a coupon for a low price to buy boxes of crackers. I chose B. B is chosen less often. But in this case it's correct. People rarely choose this because of fundamental attribution error. They attribute a person action to personality and don't consider the situational variables that could have caused the problem. As you have learned, most people attribute behavior like this to a persons, personality, a situational influence such as coupon. This error is so common that it was given the name fundamental attribution error to note it's prevalence.