False attribution was definitely my favorite topic for this week. I feel that everyone goes through them, everyone sees it happen between your group of friends, and a lot of people like to make false attributions about others. Its kind of funny because when you hear a friend of yours making up a complete lie about another friend, you just sit back and watch it all unfold because if you get in the middle its just going to cause more drama for you. Its like a movie, you see the beginning and wait for the climax at the end! Most of my experience with false attributions was in high school. Every week there was some sort of new drama, with the he said she said and to be honest with you it amused the heck out of me! I loved it because I was never involved with it!
I agree with you! I think everyone experiences this at one time or another. I notice it more with friends rather than in relationships. When kids are being kids there tends to be so much he said she said that spreads around too quickly because the truth comes out. There is so much false attribution that happens on the playground. And I have been in that situation where one friend lies about another right to my face. The thing that gets me though is how people have no problem lying. All that does is create false attributions!
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