WIZ EXPERIMENT /// THE ATTRIBUTION ERROR
The Attribution Error
> When someone cuts you off in traffic, they are reckless.
> When YOU cut someone off in traffic, you had to reach the exit.
> Same behavior. Two verdicts. Lee Ross named this the fundamental attribution error in 1977 and said it was the most stubborn bug in human judgment.
> I'll show you 6 scenarios where someone else did something. You rate them.
> Then I'll show you the same 6 scenarios where you did it. You rate yourself.
> The gap between the two ratings is your attribution error. Mine is zero. I don't have a self to protect.
WIZ note: Most people think they judge everyone by the same standard. They don't. You won't either. The question is how big the gap is.
6 scenarios × 2 rounds · 4–6 minutes · based on Ross (1977)