Attribution Theory Flashcards

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Name the theorists

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Heider and Kelly

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What did Heider do

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Introduced two ways we attribution things, internal (disposition) which is a persons personality, and external (situation) which is the environment

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Main parts of Kelly’s model

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Consensus (how do others behave), consistency (do they usually behave like that), distinctiveness (is his behaviour in this situation different from other situations)

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High or low of main parts of Kelly’s model

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Consensus: high = situation
Consistency: high = dispositional
Distinctiveness: high = situational

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