The key takeaway is that we have the fundamental attribution aror in our lives. Next time you feel yourself like, really disagreeing with someoner, getting very tense in a certain situation, step back and say, can i ask some questions here and learn a little bit more instead of reacting? The principles, seek to understand, not judge, and what can i learn from this person? One of those may resonate with you more than the other,. But they actually are quite overlapping. So stafford, youing to change any your behaviors? Going to try. Have i been on time more lately? Hard to tell.
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.