Person
Richard Nisbett
Social psychologists of person perception, situational attribution, and the limits of intuitive psychology.
Why this matters
Ross and Nisbett challenge folk theories of character—essential when institutions blame individuals for systemic outcomes.
Works2 sources
book
The Person and the Situation
Ross, Lee, and Richard Nisbett. The Person and the Situation. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991.
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article
The Intuitive Psychologist and His Shortcomings: Distortions in the Attribution Process
Ross, Lee. "The Intuitive Psychologist and His Shortcomings: Distortions in the Attribution Process." In Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, edited by Leonard Berkowitz, vol. 10, 173–220. New York: Academic Press, 1977.
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