the fundamental attribution error

yesterday, my sister told me that i look like this:

(a skunk from bambi)

you see, i have this eye problem.  dont ask what is wrong...four doctors and i dont have a clue.  my right eye (specifically) is currently protruding from my head thanks to a lot of swelling and at best opens halfway.

i remember in psychology learning about the fundamental attribution error.  it is the tendency to attribute situational things, like behaviors, to the disposition or personality of a person.  we all do it--you have to a little bit to be able to relate to people.  let me give you an example.  when people see my eye, they probably feel sympathy for me because i am a retarded person, obviously, because my eyes are not normal.  not because i have a temporary eye problem caused by an allergy or something like that.  nope.

it is something to think about.  how many times have you made the fundamental attribution error in the past week?  probably a lot.  the holidays can make people behave in strange ways...