Editing Fundamental attribution error (section)

== Environmental Factors ==
The fundamental attribution error is a multifaceted topic with many backgrounds of study. Some studies have looked deeper into the impacts of external environmental factors on this error, these are some of the factors researchers have found:

# '''Contextual Influences:''' The context in which automation is used plays a crucial role. Situational factors, such as the presence of guidelines or prior knowledge about the system, can shape responsibility judgments. The more control one believes they have in a situation the more likely they are to attribute responsibility to themselves.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Douer |first1=Nir |last2=Meyer |first2=Joachim |date=March 2022 |title=Judging One's Own or Another Person's Responsibility in Interactions With Automation |journal=Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society |language=en |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=359–371 |doi=10.1177/0018720820940516 |issn=0018-7208 |pmc=8943263 |pmid=32749166}}</ref>
# '''Cultural Values:''' Values such as individualism versus collectivism, can lead to different cognitive approaches, which in turn affects how judgements are made.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ma-Kellams |first=Christine |date=January 31, 2020 |title=Cultural Variation and Similarities in Cognitive Thinking Styles Versus Judgment Biases: A Review of Environmental Factors and Evolutionary Forces |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1089268019901270 |journal=Review of General Psychology |language=en |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=238–253 |doi=10.1177/1089268019901270 |issn=1089-2680|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Cultural backgrounds may have an influence on casual attribution, those raised in different cultural contexts could have varying perspectives on the causes of behavior and performance.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Hui |last2=Hall |first2=Nathan C. |date=2018-12-17 |title=A Systematic Review of Teachers' Causal Attributions: Prevalence, Correlates, and Consequences |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |volume=9 |page=2305 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02305 |issn=1664-1078 |pmc=6304350 |pmid=30618897 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
# '''Feedback Mechanisms:''' When individuals receive feedback on their judgments, it often serves to confirm their initial biases, leading them to continue attributing behaviors of others to internal factors rather than considering situational influences. This feedback process could create a reinforcing loop, where individuals grow more confident in their internal attributions and less likely to incorporate external factors that may offer a more accurate explanation of behavior.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Funder |first=David C. |date=1987 |title=Errors and mistakes: Evaluating the accuracy of social judgment. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1037//0033-2909.101.1.75 |journal=Psychological Bulletin |volume=101 |issue=1 |pages=75–90 |doi=10.1037/0033-2909.101.1.75 |issn=0033-2909 |pmid=3562704|url-access=subscription }}</ref>