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Attribution is a concept in social psychology referring to how individuals explain causes of behavior and events.

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Is there a cognitive bias for ascribing agency to inanimate objects?

Fortunately, some psychologists have looked into it, and in accordance to your observations, people do tend to attribute intentional agency to inanimate objects. In the seminal work by Heider and Sim …
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