Attribution Theory Flashcards

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What are attributions?

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Asking ‘why,’ how people explain their own and others behavior

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When do we make attributions?

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For events that are unexpected and/or negative

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Why are attributions important?

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They help us predict and control the environment, influence our future expectations, and they determine our feelings, attitudes, and behaviors

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What is Fritz Heider’s theory?

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Behavior is attributed to the person or the situation, we want to predict and control our world

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What is Hal Kelley’s theory?

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Covariation model, which says that people use three sources (consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency) to make three attributions (person, stimulus, circumstances)

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What is Ned Jones’ theory?

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Theory of Corresponding Inferences: people seek underlying personality traits to explain others’ behaviors across situations

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What are the three factors that lead to correspondent inferences in Jones’ theory?

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Choices, social desirability, number of positive outcomes

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Fundamental attribution error

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People tend to overestimate dispositional factors and underestimate the impact of the situation

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Actor-observer effect

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People see others’ behavior as due to personality but their own behavior as caused by the situation

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Self-serving bias

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Taking credit for success but not for failure

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False consensus effect

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Overestimating the extent that others share your attitudes and opinions

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Egocentric bias

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Exaggerating contribution to shared events or our role in events

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Defensive attribution

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We blame people for their fate

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Just world belief

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Individuals get what they deserve in life, can cause people to disparage victims

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