Define the fundamental attribution error and discuss why it occurs

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: The fundamental attribution error is our tendency to make personal or internal attributions for others' behaviors. We infer that people's behavior corresponds to (matches) their disposition (personality). A number of factors contribute to our tendency to commit the fundamental attribution error. For example, a fundamental schema most of us use is that the person and not the situation is a cause of behaviors; the actor is the perceptually salient figure and the situation is the ground. In addition, the two-step model of attributions suggests that the fundamental attribution error may occur automatically, and only decrease, if at all, at the second, controlled stage of processing.