For 10 points, name this psychological tendency of people to overlook situational factors in determining the behavior of other people.
Usually arising from a failure to understand perspective and occurring more frequently in individualist societies, it is best avoided if one heeds "consensus" information and looks for unseen causes, both of which people are less likely to do if in a state of cognitive load. Examined in the laboratory in a 1967 study by Harris and Jones in which subjects determined the pro- or anti-Castro sentiments of certain speakers, this phenomenon is also known as the actor-observer bias. For 10 points, name this psychological tendency of people to overlook situational factors in determining the behavior of other people.
Usually arising from a failure to understand perspective and occurring more frequently in individualist societies, it is best avoided if one heeds "consensus" information and looks for unseen causes, both of which people are less likely to do if in a state of cognitive load.
{fundamental attribution error} [accept {actor-observer} bias early]