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Group Attribution Error




Group members are more likely to attribute a fellow group member's actions to their arbitrary circumstances, while attributing a non-group member's actions to something in that group's inherent disposition.

The group attribution error was first reported by Scott Allison and David Messick .

Compare to the Outgroup Homogeneity Bias .


SEE ALSO

Ingroup Bias , Attribution Theory , List Of Cognitive Biases .
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