Nurit Tal-Or and Yael Papirman’s article discusses the fundamental attribution error as seen with actors and their viewers. Fundamental attribution error (FAE) is how people often overlook external factors and focus solely on one’s personality when trying to understand a person’s behavior, (2007). Tal-Or and Papirman state that FAE is likely caused by the passive attention held during the audiovisual media of TV shows and films, (2007). Two experiments were used to test FAE in relation to actors. The first experiment involved two groups of participants, split into separate rooms and given a biographical description of an actor. The groups then watched two clips, one with the actor playing a sympathetic role and the other with the same actor
