The view that people characteristically violate norms of good behavior and rational thought raises two further prob- lems. First, some of the imputations of misbehavior and er- ror are themselves difficult to justify, and second, the prob- lem-seeking approach tends to be atheoretical. The lack of attention to behavioral and judgmental accomplishments not only prevents understanding of adaptive behavior or ac- curate judgment, but it also retards a full understanding of the sources of the misbehaviors and errors when they do oc- cur.