Even though the evaluators were told that the students were forced to adopt their positions, they stubbornly maintained that the authors of pro-Castro essays actually supported the Cuban leader.
A 1967 study by Jones and Harris assigned students to positions supporting or opposing Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Neutral observers were then asked to read the students' papers and evaluate whether or not they actually sympathized with Castro. Even though the evaluators were told that the students were forced to adopt their positions, they stubbornly maintained that the authors of pro-Castro essays actually supported the Cuban leader. This study was the first to discover, FTP, what principle of social psychology in which observers underestimate the role of situational factors in the behavior of others?
A 1967 study by Jones and Harris assigned students to positions supporting or opposing Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
fundamental attribution error