Two neighboring nations are each stockpiling weapons. Each sees its neighbor's actions as an act of aggression and its own actions as self-defense. Evidently,these nations are victims of

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The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overestimate the influence of personality and underestimate the influence of situations when explaining other people's behaviors. In this scenario, each nation views the other's actions (stockpiling weapons) as indicative of aggressive intentions (a personality trait), while viewing their own actions as driven by the situation (self-defense).

Two Neighboring Nations Are Each Stockpiling Weapons