Recall that even when participants in an experiment conducted by Jones and Harris (1967) were told that people were assigned to write an essay sympathetic to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, they still were willing to assume that the essay reflected the writer's true "pro-Castro" attitudes. In this experiment, how could people have avoided the fundamental attribution error?

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To avoid the fundamental attribution error, participants could have refrained from making assumptions about the essay writer's personal beliefs, especially since they were informed of the assignment's nature. This neutral approach would prevent attributing the essay's stance to the writer's personal beliefs.

Recall That Even When Participants in an Experiment Conducted by Jones