Attributions

Question 1

What is it meant by humans are meaning makers

Answer 1

• Try to find meaning in the world around us
  i.e. life vents, human behaviour
• need a sense of control, anxiety management (Hilton, 2007)

Question 2

Theory of Niave psychology (Heider, 1958)

Attribution theories (1/4)

Answer 2

• try ti make sense of behaviour
  1) behaviour is motivated not random
  2) Prefer stable enduring explanations
  3) Distinction between internal or external factors i.e. situation or personality
• focus on internal attributes i.e. personality
• this theory doesn’t elaborate why we attribute the way we do (basic theory)

Question 3

The Theory of correspondence inference (Jones & Davis, 1965)

Attribution theories (2/4)

Answer 3

• how we infer dispositions from an individual’s behavior
• Non-common