Needs to be reworked
Attribution theory was first set by Heider, but later researchers added more to it. A lot of the biases listed here are not part of Heider’s original theory. They should me made into a separate list
Attribution Theory
by Fritz Heider
how humans attempt to make sense of behaviour how we infer or come to conclusions causal judgment
“Attribution theory deals with how the social perceiver uses information to arrive at causal explanations for events. It examines what information is gathered and how it is combined to form a causal judgment” — Fiske and Taylor
Dispositional
Dispositional attribution assigns the cause of behavior to some internal characteristic of a person rather than to outside forces.
Situational
The process of assigning the cause of behavior to some situation or event outside a person’s control rather than to some internal characteristic
Fundamental Attribution Theory
a person’s tendency to attribute another’s actions to their character or personality or internal circumstances rather than external factors such as the environment while attributing their own behavior to external factors
Self-serving Bias
attribute good things to internal and bad things to external to protect self-esteem
Actor-Observer Bias
exaggerate effect of internal factors in others and external factors in ours
Ultimate Fundamental Attribution Theory
Fundamental Attribution Theory extends to in-groups