Short Answer Question 1: Fundamental Attribution Error. Resp…
Short Answer Question 1: Fundamental Attribution Error. Respond to the 4 items below. Please number your responses. Define (in detail) the fundamental attribution error. The definition should have two components. (2 points) Consider the following scenario and answer the question. (1 point) Scenario: When you are having dinner at a restaurant, your waiter is rude and makes snide comments. Question: What would the fundamental error predict about the cause to which you will attribute the waiter’s behavior? How does the tendency to commit the fundamental attribution error differ between individuals from independent and interdependent cultures? (1 point) Choose one experimental demonstration of the fundamental attribution error and describe the results of the experiment. Hint: One experiment involved reviewing essays and inferring attitudes, and another experiment involved a game show with a questioner, contestant, and observers. (2 points)