Attribution

Question 1

Definition of Attribution

Answer 1

Attribution is the process by which people explain the causes of their own and others peoples behaviour

Question 2

What is personal attribution

Answer 2

is an explanation due to characteristics of the person involved such as their,
-personality
-ability
-attitude
-motivation
-mood
-effort
these are internal factors that are sourced within the person. if we attribute behaviour to internal factors we tend to blame the person for causing the behaviour

Question 3

What is situational attribution

Answer 3

situational attribution is an explanation due to factors external to the person such as
-actions of another person
-some aspect of the enviroment
-the task
-luck
-fate
our explanations are often reasonable and accurate but are vulnerable to bias

Question 4

What is fundamental attribution error

Answer 4

is the tendency to overestimate the influence of personal factors and underestimate the impact of situational factors on other peoples behaviour. when we do this we attribute a persons behaviour to internal rather than external factors

Question 5

what is Actor observer bias

Answer 5

refers to our tendency to attribute our own behaviour to situational or external factors yet attribute others behaviour to internal factors

Question 6

what is self serving bias

Answer 6

is when we judge ourselves we tend to take credit for successes and attribute failures to situational factors