7C explaining behaviour through attributions

Question 1

Personal attribution (dispositional)

Answer 1

Explaining behaviour due to personal/internal characteristics of a person.

Question 2

Situational attribution

Answer 2

Explaining behaviour due to external factors/the environment.

Question 3

Self-serving bias

Answer 3

Taking credit for our own successes but attributing our failures to situational factors.

Question 4

Fundamental attribution error

Answer 4

Overestimating the influence of personal factors and underestimating the influence of situational factors on other people.