One study of this phenomenon had 120 undergraduates ask each other esoteric general knowledge questions.
A study by Tetlock replicated a famous experiment that found this phenomenon, but used an accountability method to mitigate it. One study of this phenomenon had 120 undergraduates ask each other esoteric general knowledge questions. Individualistic cultures tend to be more susceptible to this phenomenon than collectivist ones. A classic study of this phenomenon, originally designed to test correspondent interference theory by Victor Harris and Edward Jones, had subjects read a series of (*) essays and asked whether they believed the authors were sincere; the subjects said the essay authors believed their stance even when their opinion on Fidel Castro was determined by coin flip. For 10 points, name this cognitive bias in which disposition is seen as more important than situation in explaining people's behavior.
A study by Tetlock replicated a famous experiment that found this phenomenon, but used an accountability method to mitigate it.
Fundamental Attribution Error [or FAE or correspondence bias or overattribution effect]