The fundamental attribution error is part of the ________.

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The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for others' behavior and to underestimate situational (external) explanations. This bias occurs when observing others, as opposed to oneself, leading to the actor-observer bias. The just-world hypothesis refers to the belief that people get what they deserve in life, and the self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute success to internal factors and failure to external factors. The primacy effect is the tendency to remember and give more weight to information that is presented first.

The Fundamental Attribution Error Is Part of the ________