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How well do you understand Attribution Theory?

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How well do you understand Attribution Theory?

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What is attribution theory concerned with?

How people interact with each other.

How people arrive at causal explanations for events. (correct)

How people perceive themselves.

How people form opinions about others.

According to Heider, what are people trying to do when they make sense of the social world?

Be better psychologists.

Act like scientists. (correct)

Form opinions about others.

Understand the world around them.

What is dispositional attribution?

Assigning the cause of behavior to external factors.

Judging behavior based on consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency.

Inferring that a person's behavior matches their personality.

Assigning the cause of behavior to internal characteristics of a person. (correct)

What is situational attribution?

Assigning the cause of behavior to external factors. Signup and view all the answers

What is correspondent inference?

When an observer infers that a person's behavior matches their personality. Signup and view all the answers

According to Jones and Davis, what are the five sources of information used to make correspondent inferences?

Consensus, distinctiveness, consistency, behavior, and situational factors. Signup and view all the answers

What is Kelley's covariation model?

A logical model for judging whether behavior should be attributed to an individual or environment. Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Attribution theory deals with how people arrive at causal explanations for events.
Heider believed people are naive psychologists trying to make sense of the social world.
Dispositional attribution assigns the cause of behavior to internal characteristics of a person.
Situational attribution assigns the cause of behavior to external factors.
Jones and Davis' correspondent inference theory explains the process of making internal attributions.
Correspondent inference is when an observer infers that a person's behavior matches their personality.
Jones and Davis use five sources of information to make correspondent inferences.
Kelley's covariation model is a logical model for judging whether behavior should be attributed to an individual or environment.
The covariation model considers consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency of behavior.
People act like scientists in trying to discover the causes of behavior.

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Test your knowledge of attribution theory with this quiz! Learn about Heider's ideas on how people make sense of the social world, the difference between dispositional and situational attribution, and Jones and Davis' correspondent inference theory. Explore Kelley's covariation model and the sources of information used to make correspondent inferences. Discover how people act like scientists in trying to understand the causes of behavior. Challenge yourself and see how much you know!