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Fundamental Attribution Error
“The fundamental attribution error in detecting deception: The boy-who-cried-wolf effect”

O’Sullivan, M. (2003). The Fundamental Attribution Error in Detecting Deception: The Boy-Who-Cried-Wolf Effect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29(10), 1316-1327.

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. What main takeaways from the article do you have in attempting to detect deception in others?
  2. How would this study apply in a work (non-experiment) study?