Our tendency to interpret others' behavior as due to internal causes rather than external ones is called the ________.

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The tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal causes rather than external ones is known as the fundamental attribution error. This bias leads us to underestimate the impact of situational factors on behavior and overestimate the impact of stable, dispositional factors. The self-serving bias involves attributing our own successes to internal factors and our failures to external factors. The hostile attributional bias involves unfairly attributing hostile intentions to others' behavior. The general attributional bias effect is not a recognized term in psychology.

Our Tendency to Interpret Others' Behavior as Due to Internal