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We have a tendency to associate people's behavior with their personality and not the external events in their life. When we're forming first impressions of people, or we're choosing who we to go build relationships with, we may develop inaccurate views of people. This is important because it can make us less willing to interact with people who could be really positive forces in our lives.

Among the many biases that we can fall prey to, one of Calvin's favorites is the fundamental attribution error. The bias, sometimes known as the "correspondence bias", is your tendency to assume that someone's behavior is due to the "kind" of person they are, rather than the circumstances impacting them.

In this episode, Calvin and Steph discuss the cognitive bias, why it matters, and how we can combat it.