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Entry 3 # Errors in Attribution
There are four basic biases or errors in attribution: the fundamental attribution error, the focus of attention bias, the actor-observer difference, and the motivational biases. Choose two and provide an example of each based on your personal experiences. Name the attributions that you are discussing.
Entry 3 # Errors in Attribution Answer
The two that I would like to share my own experience of are the actor-observer difference and the focus of attention bias. As we learned about for actor-observer difference, it happens when one attributes his/her own actions to external factors but for other people is to attribute to their internal characteristics. I remember one time at college we were supposed to do a group project and it was due in less than a week. The professor had put us in groups of two. I used to meet with my group student at Starbucks 3 times before the deadline to work on the project.