TE 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Future History, Controllability, Fundamental Attribution Error
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Attribution: what does it mean: the way we explain the causes of behaviors or events. Motivation: attribution theory: this is not absolute, different people will have different attributions for the same behavior or event. Importance of attributions: gain predictability and control. Influence of self-concept, feelings of competence, expectations for future events, and overall motivation: attri(cid:271)utio(cid:374) is (cid:373)ostly dri(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:271)y o(cid:374)e"s per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s, perception is not reality. Attribution theory: concerned with our search for the causes of the successes and failures, how do we explain the things that happen to us, culture matters when it comes to attributing causes to the outcomes in our lives. I(cid:374) our (cid:862)wester(cid:374)-a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:272)ulture, (cid:449)e attri(cid:271)ute su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess a(cid:374)d failure to 4 factors, natural ability, effort, task difficulty, and lack: these 4 factors exist on 3 continuums: locus, stability and controllability. Three continuums of causality: locus: perception of the location of the cause.
