What does FAE stand for?

They include the affirmation bias (our tendency to agree with one another, or "go along to get along"), the confirmation bias (the tendency to overweigh evidence that tends to support what we already believe and to underweigh or ignore evidence that does not), the endowment effect (the tendency to overvalue things that are our own), the fixed-pie perspective (the belief that the totality of benefits to be distributed among participants is like a pie that cannot be enlarged, so every piece our opponent gets is a piece that we don't get), the fundamental attribution error (attributing a different and usually more admirable cause to our own behavior than to someone else's behavior), and loss aversion (the tendency to give undue weight to losses so that they loom larger than gains).

Fundamental Attribution Error When committing FAE, as when using motivated definitions, individuals attempt to view themselves positively.

The Effect of an Informational Option on the Fundamental Attribution Error," Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (June 1989) 194-204.

David Langford, writing in his Quality Learning Training Manual, states, "The dual tendency to attribute the causes of behavior to personal factors, while underestimating the effects of the situation, is known as the fundamental attribution error.

Fundamental attribution error and hindsight biases are examples, but there are many others that figure prominently in accidents.

In congruence with the traditional stereotyping models, the fundamental attribution error will also prejudice the leader's focus internally for both subordinate success and failure.