Instant assessments, when we attribute a person’s behavior to innate characteristics rather than external circumstances, happen so frequently that psychologists have a name for them: “fundamental attribution errors.” Unable to know every aspect of a stranger’s backstory, yet still needing to make a primal designation between friend and foe, we watch for surface cues
Content: Quotation
Author: Anna Secino
Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge
Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Author: Anna Secino
Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge
Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
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