Luise Weigel and team report that care staff working with a client with challenging behaviour appeared to be making the `fundamental attribution error'.

Staff working with a client with learning disabilities and (challenging behavior) attributed the CB as internal to the client and controllable by the client.

The relationship between expressed emotion and attribution theory is discussed along with the methodological benefits of not relying on vignette methodology in research that examines challenging behaviour.

I wonder how often educators use the fundamental attribution error to account for student behavior in classes rather than considering how teacher behavior contributes to student behavior? Does the use of a mobile PC alter reliance on fundamental attribution error?

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