The attribution theory suggests how we explain someone's behavior--by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition. This process is that people attribute others' behavior either to their internal dispositions or to their external situations.
The fundamental attribution error is the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition. This means that people automatically assume that the "person" in the situation has more of an effect on what's happening, or on the outcome than the actual "situation" itself.
Stereotypes are a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people. The most common stereotype would have to be about racial or ethnic groups. People often assume that certain groups of people act a certain way based on things they may have heard. If this is true, then people may also stereotype our race too. There have been plenty of "white" people who have committed crimes that are very drastic and unforgiving.
Illusionary correlations are related to stereotyping because you are grouping people together based on categories that you may or may not know that much about. This could also be negative or positive. It's like saying that all older men with a white beard are "Santa Clause." We all know that this isn't true, but this could just be the way you think about it. this relates to stereotyping becasue you are also grouping people together, but you think that you know more about it than you actually do.
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