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These theories of attribution are therefore often called inference theories , as they explain the process of making inferences.

As seen in the example, attribution is not always an accurate and objective process though, as being somewhat irrational and subjective, there are a number of attributional biases which can influence the way in which we judge the behaviour of ourselves and others.

In general, people tend to attribute their own behaviour to the circumstances in which they find themselves, while they attribute other people s behaviour to personality, beliefs, and more internal factors. These causal explanations in which we tend to emphasise one factor more than the other are known as the FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR, as generally such attributions are groundless, or errors.

It can be seen that both the IMPLICIT PERSONALITY THEORY and the FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR (ATTRIBUTION PROCESS), are very useful in explaining our interpersonal perception and of how and why we form such biases and stereotypes of people, and even entire groups in society.

Whether we are making implicit assumptions about their personality traits, or using situational and dispositional inferences about the causes of their behaviour; our assumptions and inferences of other people are generally formed relatively quickly, and once a stereotype has been formed, people can be extremely reluctant to abandon them!

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