{"slug":"fundamental-attribution-error","name":"Fundamental Attribution Error","category":"Cognitive bias","definition":"The fundamental attribution error (FAE) is the systematic tendency to over-weight character factors and under-weight situational factors when explaining others' behavior — while reversing this for your own behavior (actor-observer asymmetry). Coined by Lee Ross (1977), grounded in Jones & Harris's 1967 Castro study. The bias is automatic (System 1); situational correction requires deliberate effort (System 2).","latest_skill_md":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills/main/fundamental-attribution-error/SKILL.md","playbook_url":"https://www.deciqai.com/skills/fundamental-attribution-error?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=fundamental-attribution-error","install":"npx skills add deciqAI/knowledge-skills","repo":"https://github.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills","agents":{"note":"deciqAI agents run this skill autonomously against your live business data — the hosted version stays current and executes, this file only reads.","start_free":"https://www.deciqai.com/?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=fundamental-attribution-error"}}