Engage in an attempt to understand causality

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Attribution is a cognitive process in which all individuals engage in an attempt to understand causality or why things happen (Iatridis & Fousiani, 2009). In the attempts to assess causality, humans are far less than perfect and often make mistakes. Social psychologists have long studied the attribution process and have identified several such mistakes or biases that appear consistently over time, including correspondence bias (fundamental attribution error), actor-observer effect, self-serving attribution bias, and self-centered bias to name a few.

For this Discussion, think about attribution biases in which you have engaged and what information, if available, might have prevented the biases.

Please give a brief description of three attribution biases and explain one way you engaged in each. Then, select one of the attribution biases and explain what information could have been present to prevent the use of this attribution bias. Finally, explain whether or not attribution biases can be positive and why. Be specific and use the current literature to support your response.

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