基本归因错误（Fundamental Attribution Error），也常被称为过度归因效应，是行为经济学中一个重要且常见的概念。这一概念解释了人们在观察他人行为时，往往过分强调内在性格或个性上的解释，而忽视或低估观察情境与环境因素的关联。这种认知偏差使得人们 ...

This article originally appeared in Science of Us. Generally speaking, when you’re trying to understand a news event through a behavioral-science lens, it’s not a good idea to roll up, loudly invoke ...

Have you ever thought to yourself, “He is an anxious guy," or "she seems kind of edgy?” As human beings, one of the most instinctive things we do is make ...

Years of research suggests that we tend to hold other people to different standards than we hold ourselves. For example: Your coworker turns in a project late, and you assume he's a slacker. The next ...

People make snap judgments all the time. That woman in the sharp business suit must be intelligent and successful; the driver who just cut me off is a rude jerk. These instant assessments, when we ...

Is Entitlement Among Millennials Overblown? New research suggests we may be exaggerating the generation gap in the workplace. The Fundamental Attribution Error: It’s the Situation, Not the Person ...

I've found myself lately reading a number of books about how humans think - Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Switch by Chip and Dan Heath, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, The Righteous Mind ...