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Attribution Theory: Assignment # 1

This document discusses attribution theory, which refers to the inferences people make about the causes of events and behaviors. It describes two dimensions along which attributions can be classified - internal vs. external and stable vs. unstable. Internal attributions infer that personal factors like traits or abilities caused an event or behavior, while external attributions assign the cause to situational factors. The document provides an example of internal versus external attributions.

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Attribution Theory: Assignment # 1

This document discusses attribution theory, which refers to the inferences people make about the causes of events and behaviors. It describes two dimensions along which attributions can be classified - internal vs. external and stable vs. unstable. Internal attributions infer that personal factors like traits or abilities caused an event or behavior, while external attributions assign the cause to situational factors. The document provides an example of internal versus external attributions.

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ATTRIBUTION THEORY
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Attributions
Attributions are inferences that people make about the causes of events and behavior. People make
attributions in order to understand their experiences. Attributions strongly influence the way people
interact with others.

Types of Attributions
Researchers classify attributions along two dimensions: internal vs. external and stable vs. unstable. By
combining these two dimensions of attributes, researchers can classify a particular attribution as being
internal-stable, internal-unstable, external-stable, or external-unstable.

INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL


Attribution theory proposes that the attributions people make about events and behavior can be classed
as either internal or external. In an internal, or dispositional, attribution, people infer that an event or a
person’s behavior is due to personal factors such as traits, abilities, or feelings. In an external, or
situational, attribution, people infer that a person’s behavior is due to situational factors.

Example:
Maria’s car breaks down on the freeway. If she believes the breakdown happened because of her
ignorance about cars, she is making an internal attribution. If she believes that the breakdown happened
because her car is old, she is making an external attribution

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