attribution theory

Question 1

define attribution

Answer 1

deals with how the social perceiver uses information to arrive at casual explanations for events

how any why people explain events and infer reasons

Question 2

what are the 2 types of attribution

Answer 2

dispositional and situational

Question 3

dispositional is an

Answer 3

internal factor

Question 4

situational is an

Answer 4

external factor

Question 5

dispositional attribution

Answer 5

explaining behaviour of others by internal attributes
eg. personality, motives, ability, emotions, talents, beliefs

Question 6

situational attribution

Answer 6

assigns behaviour due to an event outside the individuals control
eg. luck, chance, weather, social situations

Question 7

eg of dispositional attribution

Answer 7

an employee believes they were promoted due to hard work

Question 8

eg of situational attribution

Answer 8

another employee believes the person got the promotion because the boss likes them

Question 9

self serving bias

Answer 9

when you attribute your success to your dispositional factors and your shortfalls to situational factors

Question 10

group serving bias

Answer 10

attributing positive outcomes of a group to their qualities and negative factors on external

Question 11

eg of group serving bias

Answer 11

of course they won ballet troupe because they are a ballet school