You are walking into a store when a man bumps into you.You think, "What a jerk!" until you realize that he actually bumped into you while catching a sidewalk display that was about to fall on your head.You sheepishly thank him for saving you and realize that by initially thinking that he was a "jerk," you were illustrating

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The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal, dispositional factors rather than situational factors. In this scenario, the initial thought of the man being a jerk was due to a dispositional factor, when in reality, it was a situational factor that caused him to bump into the person. Once the person realized this, they corrected their initial assumption.

You Are Walking into a Store When a Man Bumps